Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the WorldÕs Great Libraries
de Polastron, Lucien X
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London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xii + 371pp., notes, bibliog., index, A historical survey of the destruction of knowledge from ancient Babylon & China to modern times, includes the destruction of the Library of Alexandria as well as many equally significant collections around the world. Nazi book burnings & the destruction of valuable collections in Iraq by the US military. Looks at the dangers posed by digitalisation of books to the free availability of knowledge in the future Hebrew, Hindu, Nordic, and Islamic traditions share the belief of a vast library existing before the creation of the world
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- Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the WorldÕs Great Libraries
- Autor
- Polastron, Lucien X
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- Nuevo
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- 1st edition
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- Thames & Hudson
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- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
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- octavo
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