Lost Libraries - The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)

This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	J. Raven
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-2119-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Storage, maintenance & preservation of collections Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-4039-2119-9
Barcode:	9781403921192

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