'meticulously researched... The book's content is complemented by a detailed index; a fifteen-page bibliography that will provide excellent guidance'- Joanne E. Passet, Libraries and the Cultural Record

• Chapter Introduction: Imposing Frontages on Important Streets; Chapter 1 More Than Pleasant Luxuries: Background; Chapter 2 We Have to Act Immediately: Responding to the National Emergency; Chapter 3 Moving Picture Houses and Dance Halls: Seeking Support; Chapter 4 To Meet the Needs of a Nation at War: Libraries Respond; Chapter 5 Avoid Frightening the Librarian: Implementing the Policy Statement; Chapter 6 Praise the Lord and Pass the New Editions: Victory Book Campaigns; Chapter 7 A Spell of Rough Weather: Wartime Challenges; Chapter 8 Beginning a New Era: Postwar Hopes;