Burning books and leveling libraries : extremist violence and cultural destruction / Rebecca Knuth.

Author/creator Knuth, Rebecca, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 233 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Libraries--Destruction and pillage. --History. --20th century.
Libraries--Destruction and pillage. --History. --21st century.
Book burning--History. --20th century.
Book burning--History. --21st century.
Radicalism--History. --20th century.
Radicalism--History. --21st century.
Cultural property.

Contents Introducing modern biblioclasm -- Tracing the path of extremism from Robespierre to Milosevic -- Political protestors and Amsterdam's South African Institute, 1984 -- Ethnic biblioclasm, 1980-2005 -- National Socialism and the destruction of Berlin's Institute for Sexual Knowledge, 1933 -- Secular fanaticism and the auto-genocide of Cambodia, 1975-1979 -- Fundamentalism and the destruction of Afghanistan's cultural heritage, 1994-2001 -- Dueling ideologies and total war, 1939-1945 -- Anarchy and acquisitive vandalism, 1967-2003 -- Errors of omission and cultural destruction in Iraq, 2003.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006002747
ISBN0275990079
ISBN9780275990077

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks Z659 .K57 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold