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A Universal History Of The Destruction Of Books
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Author : Fernando Báez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Universal History Of The Destruction Of Books written by Fernando Báez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Examines the many reasons and motivations for the destruction of books throughout history, citing specific acts from the smashing of ancient Sumerian tablets to the looting of libraries in post-war Iraq.
Books On Fire
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Author : Lucien X. Polastron
language : en
Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON
Release Date : 2007-08-13
Books On Fire written by Lucien X. Polastron and has been published by Lucien X. POLASTRON this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-13 with History categories.
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
The Demise Of The Library School
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Author : Richard J. Cox
language : en
Publisher: Library Juice Press, LLC
Release Date : 2010
The Demise Of The Library School written by Richard J. Cox and has been published by Library Juice Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Education categories.
In The Demise of the Library School, Richard J. Cox places the present and future of professional education for librarianship in the debate on the modern corporate university. The book is a series of meditations on critical themes relating to the education of librarians, archivists, and other information professionals, playing off of other commentators analyzing the nature of higher education and its problems and promises.
A Wonder Of The Ancient World
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Author : Luciano Canfora
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-09-18
A Wonder Of The Ancient World written by Luciano Canfora and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-09-18 with History categories.
Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
On The Natural History Of Destruction
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Author : W.G. Sebald
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2004-02-17
On The Natural History Of Destruction written by W.G. Sebald and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-17 with History categories.
During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand German civilians died—a figure twice that of all American war casualties. Seven and a half million Germans were left homeless. Given the astonishing scope of the devastation, W. G. Sebald asks, why does the subject occupy so little space in Germany’s cultural memory? On the Natural History of Destruction probes deeply into this ominous silence.
The Library Of Babel
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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
language : en
Publisher: Pocket Paragon
Release Date : 2000
The Library Of Babel written by Jorge Luis Borges and has been published by Pocket Paragon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
"Not many living artists would be sufficiently brave or inspired to attempt reflecting in art what Borges constructs in words. But the detailed, evocative etchings by Erik Desmazieres provide a perfect counterpoint to the visionary prose. Like Borges, Desmazieres has created his own universe, his own definition of the meaning, topography and geography of the Library of Babel. Printed together, with the etchings reproduced in fine-line duotone, text and art unite to present an artist's book that belongs in the circle of Borges's sacrosanct Crimson Hexagon - "books smaller than natural books, books omnipotent, illustrated, and magical.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Dynamic Of Destruction Culture And Mass Killing In The First World War
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Author : Professor Alan Kramer
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-07-12
Dynamic Of Destruction Culture And Mass Killing In The First World War written by Professor Alan Kramer and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-12 with History categories.
On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops. The international community reacted in horror - 'Holocaust at Louvain' proclaimed the Daily Mail - and the behaviour of the Germans at Louvain came to be seen as the beginning of a different style of war, without the rules that had governed military conflict up to that point - a more total war, in which enemy civilians and their entire culture were now 'legitimate' targets. Yet the destruction at Louvain was simply one symbolic moment in a wider wave of cultural destruction and mass killing that swept Europe in the era of the First World War. Using a wide range of examples and eye-witness accounts from across Europe at this time, award-winning historian Alan Kramer paints a picture of an entire continent plunging into a chilling new world of mass mobilization, total warfare, and the celebration of nationalist or ethnic violence - often directed expressly at the enemy's civilian population.
The History Of The Jews
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Author : Hannah Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840
The History Of The Jews written by Hannah Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with Jews categories.
Displaced Archives
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Author : James Lowry
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-02-17
Displaced Archives written by James Lowry and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Displaced archives have long been a problem and their existence continues to trouble archivists, historians and government officials. Displaced Archives brings together leading international experts to comprehensively explore the current state of affairs for the first time. Drawing on case studies from around the world, the authors examine displaced archives as a consequence of conflict and colonialism, analysing their impact on government administration, nation building, human rights and justice. Renewed action is advocated through considerations of the legal approaches to repatriation, the role of the international archival community, ‘shared heritage’ approaches and other solutions. The volume offers new theoretical, technical and political insights and will be essential reading for practitioners, academics and students in the field of archives, cultural property and heritage management, as well as history, politics and international relations.