Rebecca Knuth

Autore di Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century

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Sull'Autore

Rebecca Knuth is Chair of the Library and Information Science Program at the University of Hawaii, where she is also Associate Professor.

Opere di Rebecca Knuth

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Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century (2003) 121 copie

Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction (2006) 82 copie

Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation (2012) 7 copie

Revolt Over Outsourcing: Hawaii's Librarians Speak Out About Contracted Selection 1 copia

Libricide : the regime-sponsored destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century 1 copia

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autore statunitense (2) Biblioteca (7) biblioteche (22) Biblioteconomia (7) bookjonesing (2) Censura (19) Cina (2) Cultura (2) da leggere (10) destruction (3) EBook (4) essere bibliotecario (5) extremism (2) Genocidio (2) Guerra (2) history of censorship (3) Informazione (2) Letteratura (2) letto (2) libertà intellettuale (2) library destruction (2) library history (3) Libri (13) libri proibiti (4) libri sui libri (5) Libro (2) LIS (2) lista dei desideri (3) NF (2) non letto (2) Non narrativa - Storia (2) Novecento (6) placeholder (2) Politica (7) Radicalismo (2) Rogo di libri (9) Saggistica (17) Storia (16) storia del libro (4) storia del XX secolo (2)

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Knuth, Rebecca
Sesso: female

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Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist… di Rebecca Knuth

The first chapters were, for me the strongest. After a compelling and insightful theoretical overview of the motivations that compel the destruction of libraries, the author moves to a series of illustrative case studies. The first--the wrecking of the South African Institute in 1984--seemed the most originally researched. As the book progresses, the examples become more derivative and repetitions of other work.

The net effect, however, remains powerful and, in spots, brilliantly insightful.… (altro)

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dono421846 | 2 altre recensioni | Jan 29, 2017 |

Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of… di Rebecca Knuth

Instructive on many levels: Describes not only the impact of conflicts on library collections, but provides extremely informative backgrounds for those conflicts, so that we understand why the aggressors would target libraries as one means to achieve their political goals.

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dono421846 | 2 altre recensioni | Sep 11, 2011 |

Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist… di Rebecca Knuth

Informative but, well, considering Knuth coined the term "libricide," it's no suprise that she can write on it and bibliocide so well

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leFroo | 2 altre recensioni | Mar 18, 2011 |

Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist… di Rebecca Knuth

A thorough history of the causes, methods, and results of cultural destruction - specifically library destruction. Wartime Germany, Cambodia, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as other instances of destruction are covered.

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Hagelstein | 2 altre recensioni | Dec 6, 2009 |

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