Libricide : the regime-sponsored destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century
"This book identities the regime-sponsored, ideologically driven, and systemic destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century that often served as a prelude or accompaniment to the massive human tragedies that have characterized a most violent century. Using case studies of libricide committed by Nazis, Serbs in Bosnia, Iraqis in Kuwait, Maoists during the Cultural Revolution in China, and Chinese Communists in Tibet, Knuth argues that the destruction of books and libraries by authoritarian regimes was sparked by the same impulses toward negation that provoked acts of genocide or ethnocide."--Jacket
Case studies
xiii, 277 pages ; 25 cm
9780275980887, 9780313361487, 027598088X, 0313361487
51242063
CONTENTSPreface vii1. Books, Libraries, and the Phenomenon of Ethnocide 12. The Evolution and Functions of Libraries 193. A Theoretical Framework for Libricide 494. Nazi Germany: Racism and Nationalism 755. Greater Serbia 1056. Iraq, Kuwait, and the Politics of Thuggery 1357. China's Cultural Revolution 1658. Tibet: A Culture in Jeopardy 1999. The Collision of Ideas 235Index 255