Libricide
Subtitle: the regime-sponsored destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century
By: Rebecca Knuth.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.; Censorship -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.; Libraries and state -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.; Libraries -- Censorship -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "This book identities the regime-sponsored, ideologically driven, and systemic destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century that often served as a prelude or accompaniment to the massive human tragedies that have characterized a most violent century. Using case studies of libricide committed by Nazis, Serbs in Bosnia, Iraqis in Kuwait, Maoists during the Cultural Revolution in China, and Chinese Communists in Tibet, Knuth argues that the destruction of books and libraries by authoritarian regimes was sparked by the same impulses toward negation that provoked acts of genocide or ethnocide."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.