Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe /...
Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe /...
Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe / Kathy Peiss.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Alternative title
When librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War 2 Europe
Call Numbers
G 2020/5523 , G 2020/3249
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The country of the mind must also attack -- Librarians and collectors go to war -- The wild scramble for documents -- Acquisitions on a grand scale -- Fugitive records of war -- Book burning, American style -- Not a library, but a large depot of loot.
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They travelled to neutral cities to find enemy publications for intelligence ana...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe / Kathy Peiss.
Portion of title
When librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-259) and index.
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G 2020/5523 , G 2020/3249
Record Identifier
74VKaPzljJZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPzljJZg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780190944612 hardcover
0190944617 hardcover
DDC
940.548673094
MMS ID
991024312219002626
