Lost Libraries : The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiguity

Lost Libraries : The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiguity

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Book Description
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.

About the Author
James Raven is a Professor of Modern History, University of Essex.

Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiguity,James Raven,Palgrave Macmillan,1403921199,Books & Reading,Case studies,Destruction and pillage,History,Language,Language Arts & Disciplines,Libraries,Libraries and state,Library & Information Science,Reference,World - General,History of specific subjects,Literary Criticism & Collections / Books & Reading,Storage, maintenance & preservation of collections

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