Promoting citizenship: How librarians helped get out the vote in the 1952 presidential election

Libraries and the Cultural Record

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-28

  Preer, Jean ^a  

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EID: 51249127551     PISSN: 19324855     EISSN: 19329555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lac.2008.0012     Document Type: Article

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