Palace of Culture: Andrew Carnegie's Museums and Library in Pittsburgh - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822962854ISBN-10:822962853UPC:9780822962854Book Category:History, Art, ReferenceBook Subcategory:United States, Museum StudiesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.70 x 6.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCTR89RTJK
Palace of Culture: Andrew Carnegie's Museums and Library in Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one of the world s great philanthropists. As a boy, he witnessed the benevolence of a businessman who lent his personal book collection to laborer s apprentices. That early experience inspired Carnegie to create the \u201cFree to the People\u201d Carnegie Library in 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1896, he founded the Carnegie Institute, which included a...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822962854ISBN-10:822962853UPC:9780822962854Book Category:History, Art, ReferenceBook Subcategory:United States, Museum StudiesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.70 x 6.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCTR89RTJK
Robert J. Gangewere is a former editor of Carnegie Magazine and adjunct professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Bridges of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County and The Exploited Eden: Literature on the American Environment.
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