Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack / Richard Ovenden.
Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack / Richard Ovenden.
Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack / Richard Ovenden.
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Publisher
London, UK : John Murray, 2020.
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G 2020/3720
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Language
English
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Physical content
308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Cracked Clay Under the Mounds -- 2. A Pyre of Papyrus -- 3. When Books Were Dog Cheap -- 4. An Ark to Save Learning -- 5. Spoil of the Conqueror -- 6. How to Disobey Kafka -- 7. The Twice-Burned Library -- 8. The Paper Brigade -- 9. To Be Burned Unread -- 10. Sarajevo Mon Amour --...
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Publisher
London, UK : John Murray, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
Opening with the notorious bonfires of un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how at...
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Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack / Richard Ovenden.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index.
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ebook version : 9781529378788
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©2020
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G 2020/3720
Record Identifier
74VKa6B2q67A
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ISBN
1529378753 (hardback)
9781529378764 (paperback)
1529378761 (paperback)
9781529378757 (hardback)
DDC
363.3109
MMS ID
991024344712602626
