Books on fire : the tumultuous story of the world's great libraries / Lucien X. Polastron ; translated by Jon E. Graham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2007Description: xii, 371 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500513842
  • 0500513848
Uniform titles:
  • Livres en feu. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22
LOC classification:
  • Z721 POL 2007
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-362) and index.

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.

Translated from the French.

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