Books on fire : the destruction of libraries throughout history
"A historical survey of the destruction of knowledge from ancient Babylon and China to modern times"--Provided by publisher.</div> In the cradle of the libraries --<br/> The papyrus region --<br/> Islam of the first days --<br/> People of the book --<br/> Asia before the twentieth century --<br/> The Christian West --<br/> The new biblioclasts --<br/> Peace damages --<br/> An embarrassment of modernity --<br/> Flameproof knowledge --<br/> Epilogue: return to Alexandria.
- Request Code
- ZLIBIO1300609
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions
- Language
- English
- Format
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- ISBN-13
- 9781594771675
- ISBN-10
- 1594771677