Books Across Borders: UNESCO and the Politics of Postwar Cultural Reconstruction, 1945-1951

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2019
Author
Author: Miriam Intrator
Language
English
Number of Pages
280 pp.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
City
Cham, Switzerland
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Region
Europe
Library Type
Library Associations
Demographics
Jewish People, non US
Chronological Period
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9783030158156
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Introduction: The UNESCO libraries section
  • Wartime planning, postwar response
  • Books between libraries: sharing, exchange, and purchasing
  • Books across borders : translation and cheap books
  • The contested fate of confiscated books and objectionable literature
  • Non-restitutable books and the library that never was
  • Access to books, libraries, and information: cultural right, human right
  • Conclusion: From the postwar to today