@book{11001,
author = {Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen},
title = {The Library: A Fragile History},
year = {2021},
pages = {518 pp.},
publisher = {Basic Books},
address = {New York, NY},
isbn = {9781541600775},
note = {
Contents:
- Prologue. curating the ruins
- Part 1: Inception and survival. A confusion of scrolls Sanctuary Little monkeys and letters of gold
- Part 2: The crisis of print. The infernal press Coming of age Reformations
- Part 3: The new collectors. The professionals Idle books and riff raff Mission fields
- Part 4: Between public and private. Grand designs Cardinal errors The antiquarians
- Part 5: Fictions. Orderly minds Building empires Reading on the job
- Part 6: The war on books. Surviving the twentieth century Wrestling with modernity Libraries, books and politics
- Postscript. Reading without books
},
language = {English},
}