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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Polastron, Lucien X.
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Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History.
Libraries -- History.
Censorship -- History.
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Books on fire : the destruction of libraries throughout history / Lucien X. Polastron ; translated by Jon E. Graham.
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Polastron, Lucien X.
Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, 2007.
Subjects
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History.
Libraries -- History.
Censorship -- History.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007015106.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007015106-d.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007015106-b.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2007015106-s.html
ISBN:
9781594771675 :
1594771677
Description:
xii, 371 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Contents:
In the cradle of the libraries -- The papyrus region -- Islam of the first days -- People of the book -- Asia before the twentieth century -- The Christian West -- The new biblioclasts -- Peace damages -- An embarrassment of modernity -- Flameproof knowledge -- Epilogue: return to Alexandria.
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"A historical survey of the destruction of knowledge from ancient Babylon and China to modern times"--Provided by publisher.
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Hawaii State Library
LLH Closed Stacks
027.009 Po
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Adult Nonfiction
027.009 Polastron
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Kapolei Public Library
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027.009 Po
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Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library
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027.009 Po
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