The Resource Burning the books : a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge, Richard Ovenden
Burning the books : a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge, Richard Ovenden
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- Summary
- Opening with the notorious bonfires of "un-German" and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature of history since ancient times but have increased in frequency and intensity during the modern era. Libraries are far more than stores of literature, through preserving the legal documents such as Magna Carta and records of citizenship, they also support the rule of law and the rights of citizens. Today, the knowledge they hold on behalf of society is under attack as never before. In this fascinating book, he explores everything from what really happened to the Great Library of Alexandria to the Windrush papers, from Donald Trump's deleting embarrassing tweets to John Murray's burning of Byron's memoirs in the name of censorship. At once a powerful history of civilisation and a manifesto for the vital importance of physical libraries in our increasingly digital age, Burning the Books is also a very human story animated by an unlikely cast of adventurers, self-taught archaeologists, poets, freedom-fighters; and, of course, librarians and the heroic lengths they will go to preserve and rescue knowledge, ensuring that civilization survives. From the rediscovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the desert, hidden from the Romans and lost for almost 2000 years to the medieval manuscript that inspired William Morris, the knowledge of the past still has so many valuable lessons to teach us and we ignore it at our peril
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harvard University Press edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Contents
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- Cracked clay under the mounds
- A pyre and papyrus
- When books were dog cheap
- An ark to save learning
- Spoil of the conqueror
- How to disobey Kafka
- The twice-burned library
- The paper brigade
- To be burned unread
- Sarajevo Mon Amour
- Flames of empire
- An obsession with archives
- The digital deluge
- Paradise lost?
- Coda: Why we will always need libraries and archives
- Isbn
- 9780674241206
- Label
- Burning the books : a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge
- Title
- Burning the books
- Title remainder
- a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Ovenden
- Subject
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- Archives -- History
- Archives -- Social aspects
- Book burning
- Book burning -- History -- 20th century
- Book burning -- History -- 21st century
- Books -- Social aspects | History
- Censorship
- Censorship -- History
- Cultural property -- Protection
- 1900-2099
- History
- Information science -- Sociological aspects
- Information science -- Sociological aspects
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage | History -- 20th century
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage | History -- 21st century
- Libraries -- Social aspects
- Libraries -- Social aspects
- Cultural property -- Protection
- Archives
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Opening with the notorious bonfires of "un-German" and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature of history since ancient times but have increased in frequency and intensity during the modern era. Libraries are far more than stores of literature, through preserving the legal documents such as Magna Carta and records of citizenship, they also support the rule of law and the rights of citizens. Today, the knowledge they hold on behalf of society is under attack as never before. In this fascinating book, he explores everything from what really happened to the Great Library of Alexandria to the Windrush papers, from Donald Trump's deleting embarrassing tweets to John Murray's burning of Byron's memoirs in the name of censorship. At once a powerful history of civilisation and a manifesto for the vital importance of physical libraries in our increasingly digital age, Burning the Books is also a very human story animated by an unlikely cast of adventurers, self-taught archaeologists, poets, freedom-fighters; and, of course, librarians and the heroic lengths they will go to preserve and rescue knowledge, ensuring that civilization survives. From the rediscovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the desert, hidden from the Romans and lost for almost 2000 years to the medieval manuscript that inspired William Morris, the knowledge of the past still has so many valuable lessons to teach us and we ignore it at our peril
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ovenden, Richard
- Dewey number
- 363.3109
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
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- Z657
- Z659
- LC item number
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- .O946 2020
- .O94 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Censorship
- Libraries
- Libraries
- Book burning
- Book burning
- Archives
- Cultural property
- Information science
- Books
- Libraries
- Archives
- Archives
- Book burning
- Censorship
- Cultural property
- Information science
- Libraries
- Libraries
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Burning the books : a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge, Richard Ovenden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cracked clay under the mounds -- A pyre and papyrus -- When books were dog cheap -- An ark to save learning -- Spoil of the conqueror -- How to disobey Kafka -- The twice-burned library -- The paper brigade -- To be burned unread -- Sarajevo Mon Amour -- Flames of empire -- An obsession with archives -- The digital deluge -- Paradise lost? -- Coda: Why we will always need libraries and archives
- Control code
- on1141417443
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Harvard University Press edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674241206
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Burning the books : a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge, Richard Ovenden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cracked clay under the mounds -- A pyre and papyrus -- When books were dog cheap -- An ark to save learning -- Spoil of the conqueror -- How to disobey Kafka -- The twice-burned library -- The paper brigade -- To be burned unread -- Sarajevo Mon Amour -- Flames of empire -- An obsession with archives -- The digital deluge -- Paradise lost? -- Coda: Why we will always need libraries and archives
- Control code
- on1141417443
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Harvard University Press edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674241206
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Archives -- History
- Archives -- Social aspects
- Book burning
- Book burning -- History -- 20th century
- Book burning -- History -- 21st century
- Books -- Social aspects | History
- Censorship
- Censorship -- History
- Cultural property -- Protection
- 1900-2099
- History
- Information science -- Sociological aspects
- Information science -- Sociological aspects
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage | History -- 20th century
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage | History -- 21st century
- Libraries -- Social aspects
- Libraries -- Social aspects
- Cultural property -- Protection
- Archives
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