This article considers the role of Manuel Payno in establishing his country's national library.
creator
Jones, Phillip Wiley, 1960- (Faculty/Staff)
Title
Indispensable in a Civilized Society, as Necessary as Food:" A Consideration of Manuel Payno's Monumental Effort to Found the Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
Alternative Title
Manuel Payno's Monumental Effort to Found the Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
supporting host
Grinnell College. Libraries
Index Date
2007
Date Issued
2007
Publisher
Grinnell College
Genre
Essays
Digital Origin
born digital
Extent
32 pages
Media Type
application/pdf
description
This article combines history, biography, and the translation of a nineteenth-century primary source to consider the role of Manuel Payno, a Mexican government official and noted writer, in establishing his country's national library. Profiles of Mexican library history and of Manuel Payno provide context for the appended English translation of Payno's 1869 article.
citation
Jones, Phillip. "Indispensable in a civilized society": Manuel Payno's" Las bibliotecas de Mexico." Libraries & the Cultural Record (2007): 268-290. ~ citation
Language
English
Topic
History
Topic
National libraries
Topic
Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
Geographic
Mexico
Temporal
1810-1894
Classification
Z
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Digital Grinnell
Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.handle.net/11084/227
Identifier (u1)
jonesphi
Identifier (u2)
LIB
Identifier (local)
grinnell:227
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