TY  - BOOK
AB  - 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.
AU  - Báez, Fernando,
AU  - Mac Adam, Alfred J.,
CN  - Z659
CN  - Z659
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2008.
ID  - 323495
KW  - Prohibited books
KW  - Libraries and state
KW  - Censorship
KW  - Libraries
LA  - eng
LA  - Translated from the Spanish.
N1  - "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.
N2  - 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.
PB  - Atlas & Co. :
PB  - Distributed to the trade by W.W. Norton,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2008.
SN  - 1934633011
SN  - 9781934633014
T1  - A universal history of the destruction of books :from ancient Sumer to modern Iraq /
TI  - A universal history of the destruction of books :from ancient Sumer to modern Iraq /
ER  -