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001 2007015106
003 DLC
005 20100420120459.0
008 070411s2007 vtu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007015106
020 $a9781594771675
020 $a1594771677
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hfre
042 $apcc
050 00 $aZ721$b.P5613 2007
082 00 $a027.009$222
100 1 $aPolastron, Lucien X.
240 10 $aLivres en feu.$lEnglish
245 10 $aBooks on fire :$bthe destruction of libraries throughout history /$cLucien X. Polastron ; translated by Jon E. Graham.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aRochester, Vt. :$bInner Traditions,$c2007.
300 $axii, 371 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"A historical survey of the destruction of knowledge from ancient Babylon and China to modern times"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index.
505 0 $aIn 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.
650 0 $aLibraries$xDestruction and pillage$xHistory.
650 0 $aLibraries$xHistory.
650 0 $aCensorship$xHistory.
700 1 $aGraham, Jon E.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007015106.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007015106-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007015106-b.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2007015106-s.html