@article{323495,
      recid = {323495},
      author = {Báez, Fernando, and Mac Adam, Alfred J.,},
      title = {A universal history of the destruction of books : from  ancient Sumer to modern Iraq /},
      publisher = {Atlas & Co. :},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xii, 354 p., [12] p. of plates :},
      year = {2008},
      note = {"Orignally published as Historia universal de la  destrucción de libros: De las tablillas sumericas a la  Guerra de Irak, Ediciones Destinos, S.A., Barcelona,  2004"--T.p. verso.},
      abstract = {A product of ten years of research and support from  leading American and European universities, A Universal  History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story:  the smashed tablets of ancient Sumer, the widespread  looting of libraries in post-war Iraq, the leveling of the  Library of Alexandria, book burnings by Crusaders and  Nazis, and censorship against authors past and present.  With diligence and grace, Báez mounts a compelling  investigation into the motives behind the destruction of  books, reading man's violence against writing as a perverse  anti-creation. His findings ultimately attest to the  lasting power of books as the great human repository of  knowledge and memory, fragile yet vital bulwarks against  the intransigence and barbarity of every age.--From  publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/323495},
}