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Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

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  • 320 sidor
  • 2022
Libraries preserve the knowledge and ideas on which rights depend; no wonder they are so often attacked. Richard Ovenden tells the history of this deliberate destruction of knowledgefrom library burnings to digital attacks and contemporary underfundingand makes a passionate plea for the importance of these threatened institutions.

  • Författare: Richard Ovenden
  • Format: Häftad
  • ISBN: 9780674271104
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-05-01
  • Förlag: Belknap Press

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