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Bringing Light to Finland: The Clerical Estate and Enlightenment Literature in Eighteenth-Century Finland 给芬兰带来光明:18世纪芬兰的教士阶层与启蒙文学

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381567

Minna Ahokas

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How Buddhism Influenced the Origin and Development of Libraries in Sri Lanka (Ceylon): From the Third Century BC to the Fifth Century AD 佛教如何影响斯里兰卡(锡兰)图书馆的起源和发展:从公元前三世纪到公元五世纪

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381602

R. Ranasinghe

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引用次数: 3

Forms and Methods of the Book Trade in Finland in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 17、18世纪芬兰图书贸易的形式与方法

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381585

Tuija Laine

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Fact and Fiction in English-Language Thrillers with Russian Characters: The 1930s 俄国人物的英语惊悚小说中的事实与虚构:20世纪30年代

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381549

Jillene Bydder

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How to Observe the Librarian 如何观察图书管理员

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381594

Laura Skouvig

引用次数: 2

Identifying Diachronic Transformations in Popular Culture Genres: A Cultural-Materialist Approach to the History of Popular Literature Publishing 大众文化体裁的历时转换:大众文学出版史的文化唯物主义研究

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381558

P. Rafferty

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引用次数: 3

Conceptualizations of the Book Trade in Lithuania in the Twentieth Century 20世纪立陶宛图书贸易的概念化

Library history Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X381576

Živilė Zavadskytė-Zakarauskienė

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Anglo-Danish Library Connections in the Post-War Era: An Illustration of Cultural Aspects of the Transition from Warfare to Welfare Societies in the Years 1945 to 1964 战后时代的盎格鲁-丹麦图书馆联系:1945年至1964年从战争社会向福利社会过渡的文化方面的例证

Library history Pub Date : 2008-09-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X348113

Martin Dyrbye

引用次数: 4

The Research of the History of the Book in Lithuania: Historical Evolution and Contemporary Status 立陶宛书史研究:历史演变与当代现状

Library history Pub Date : 2008-09-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X348078

Aušra Navickienė

引用次数: 1

The Libraries of the Inns of Court: An Examination of Their Historical Influence 法院图书馆:对其历史影响的考察

Library history Pub Date : 2008-09-01 DOI: 10.1179/174581608X348096

Renae Satterley

引用次数: 1