Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries throughout History

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2007
Contributors	Author: Lucien X. Polastron Translator: Jon E. Graham
Language	English
Number of Pages	371 pp.
Publisher	Inner Traditions
City	Rochester, VT
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Region	Africa Asia Europe Middle East
Demographics	Jewish People, non US
Chronological Period	1900-1949 1950-1999 21st century Ancient Period (pre 500)
ISBN	978-1-59477-167-5
Annotation	Contents: In the cradle of the libraries The papyrus region Islam of the first days People of the book Asia before the twentieth century The Christian West The new biblioclasts Peace damages An embarrassment of modernity Flameproof knowledge Epilogue: return to Alexandria