Books across borders : UNESCO and the politics of postwar cultural reconstruction, 1945-1951 / Miriam Intrator.
2019
Z789 .I58 2019
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Books across borders : UNESCO and the politics of postwar cultural reconstruction, 1945-1951 / Miriam Intrator.
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ISBN
9783030158163 (electronic book)
3030158160 (electronic book)
3030158152
9783030158156
3030158160 (electronic book)
3030158152
9783030158156
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Copyright
©2019
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-15816-3 doi
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Z789 .I58 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.91730409044
Summary
Books Across Borders: UNESCO and the Politics of Postwar Cultural Reconstruction, 1945-1951 is a history of the emotional, ideological, informational, and technical power and meaning of books and libraries in the aftermath of World War II, examined through the cultural reconstruction activities undertaken by the Libraries Section of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The book focuses on the key actors and on-the-ground work of the Libraries Section in four central areas: empowering libraries around the world to acquire the books they wanted and needed; facilitating expanded global production of quality translations and affordable books; participating in debates over the contested fate of confiscated books and displaced libraries; and formulating notions of cultural rights as human rights. Through examples from France, Poland, and surviving Jewish Europe, this book provides new insight into the complexities and specificities of UNESCO's role in the realm of books, libraries, and networks of information exchange during the early postwar, post-Holocaust, Cold War years.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 22, 2019).
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New directions in book history.
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Print version: 9783030158156
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