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000323495 1001_ $$aBáez, Fernando,$$d1970-
000323495 24010 $$aHistoria universal de la destrucción de libros.$$lEnglish
000323495 24512 $$aA universal history of the destruction of books :$$bfrom ancient Sumer to modern Iraq /$$cFernando Báez ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam.
000323495 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAtlas & Co. :$$bDistributed to the trade by W.W. Norton,$$c2008.
000323495 300__ $$axii, 354 p., [12] p. of plates :$$bill., map ;$$c19 cm.
000323495 500__ $$a"Orignally published as Historia universal de la destrucción de libros: De las tablillas sumericas a la Guerra de Irak, Ediciones Destinos, S.A., Barcelona, 2004"--T.p. verso.
000323495 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-336) and index.
000323495 520__ $$aA product of ten years of research and support from leading American and European universities, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story: the smashed tablets of ancient Sumer, the widespread looting of libraries in post-war Iraq, the leveling of the Library of Alexandria, book burnings by Crusaders and Nazis, and censorship against authors past and present. With diligence and grace, Báez mounts a compelling investigation into the motives behind the destruction of books, reading man's violence against writing as a perverse anti-creation. His findings ultimately attest to the lasting power of books as the great human repository of knowledge and memory, fragile yet vital bulwarks against the intransigence and barbarity of every age.--From publisher description.
000323495 546__ $$aTranslated from the Spanish.
000323495 650_0 $$aProhibited books$$xHistory.
000323495 650_0 $$aLibraries and state$$xHistory.
000323495 650_0 $$aCensorship$$xHistory.
000323495 650_0 $$aLibraries$$xDestruction and pillage$$xHistory.
000323495 7001_ $$aMac Adam, Alfred J.,$$d1941-
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