Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries throughout History

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2007
Author
Author: Lucien X. Polastron
Translator: Jon E. Graham
Language
English
Number of Pages
371 pp.
Publisher
Inner Traditions
City
Rochester, VT
Region
Africa
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Demographics
Jewish People, non US
Chronological Period
Ancient Period (pre 500)
1900-1949
1950-1999
21st century
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
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