Libricide : the regime-sponsored destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century / Rebecca Knuth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knuth, Rebecca, 1949-

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship--History--20th century--Case studies.

Censorship.

Libraries and state--History--20th century--Case studies.

Libraries and state.

Libraries--Censorship--History--20th century--Case studies.

Libraries.

Libraries--Censorship.

History.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 277 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Summary:

Knuth examines ideologically driven and systemic destruction of books and libraries that paralleled acts of genocide in the 20th century.

Contents:

1. Books, Libraries, and the Phenomenon of Ethnocide 1

2. The Evolution and Functions of Libraries 19

3. A Theoretical Framework for Libricide 49

4. Nazi Germany: Racism and Nationalism 75

5. Greater Serbia 105

6. Iraq, Kuwait, and the Politics of Thuggery 135

7. China's Cultural Revolution 165

8. Tibet: A Culture in Jeopardy 199

9. The Collision of Ideas 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

027598088X

OCLC:

51242063