| Description |
xiv, 233 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introducing modern biblioclasm -- Tracing the path of extremism from Robespierre to Milosevic -- Political protestors and Amsterdam's South African Institute, 1984 -- Ethnic biblioclasm, 1980-2005 -- National Socialism and the destruction of Berlin's Institute for Sexual Knowledge, 1933 -- Secular fanaticism and the auto-genocide of Cambodia, 1975-1979 -- Fundamentalism and the destruction of Afghanistan's cultural heritage, 1994-2001 -- Dueling ideologies and total war, 1939-1945 -- Anarchy and acquisitive vandalism, 1967-2003 -- Errors of omission and cultural destruction in Iraq, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History -- 20th century.
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Libraries -- Destruction and pillage. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Book burning -- History -- 20th century.
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Book burning. |
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Book burning -- History -- 21st century.
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Radicalism -- History -- 20th century.
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Radicalism. |
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Radicalism -- History -- 21st century.
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Cultural property.
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Cultural property. |
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Bibliothèques -- Destruction et pillage -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Autodafé de livres -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Biens culturels. |
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Radicalisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Radicalisme -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. |
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Autodafé de livres -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. |
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Bibliothèques -- Destruction et pillage -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. |
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Boekverbrandingen. |
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Bibliotheken. |
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Verwoesting. |
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Radicalisme. |
| ISBN |
0275990079 |
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9780275990077 |
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