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Lost Libraries - The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2004) Loot Price: R3,989
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Lost Libraries - The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2004): J. Raven

Lost Libraries - The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2004)

J. Raven

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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.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2004
First published: 2004
Editors: J. Raven
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 294
Edition: 1st ed. 2004
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-51530-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 1-349-51530-2
Barcode: 9781349515301

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