Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
- ISBN-10
- 0674241207
- ISBN-13
- 9780674241206
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-17
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Author
- Richard Ovenden
Description
Libraries preserve the knowledge and ideas on which rights depend; no wonder they are so often attacked. Richard Ovenden tells the history of this deliberate destruction of knowledge--from library burnings to digital attacks and contemporary underfunding--and makes a passionate plea for the importance of these threatened institutions.
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- 2020-10-13
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