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Palace of Culture: Andrew Carnegie's Museums and Library in Pittsburgh
Robert Gangewere
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Description for Palace of Culture: Andrew Carnegie's Museums and Library in Pittsburgh
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 748.
Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one of the worldÆs great philanthropists. As a boy, he witnessed the benevolence of a businessman who lent his personal book collection to laborerÆs 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 music hall, art museum, and science museum. Carnegie deeply believed that education and culture could lift up the common man and should not be the sole province of the wealthy. Today, his Pittsburgh cultural institution encompasses a library, music hall, natural ... Read more
Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one of the worldÆs great philanthropists. As a boy, he witnessed the benevolence of a businessman who lent his personal book collection to laborerÆs 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 music hall, art museum, and science museum. Carnegie deeply believed that education and culture could lift up the common man and should not be the sole province of the wealthy. Today, his Pittsburgh cultural institution encompasses a library, music hall, natural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822962854
SKU
V9780822962854
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Ref
99-71
About Robert Gangewere
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: Liter
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