Burning the Books explained
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge is a 2020 book by Bodleian Libraries Director Richard Ovenden on the history of intentional recorded knowledge destruction. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize.[1]
Bibliography
Works cited by the book
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- Book: The Seven Lives of John Murray: The Story of a Publishing Dynasty 1768–2002 . 2008 . John Murray . Carpenter, Humphrey . 9780719565328 .
- Book: Libraries in the Ancient World . 2002 . Yale University Press . Casson, Lionel . 9780300097214 .
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- Book: America's Library: The Story of the Library of Congress 1800–2000 . 2000 . Yale University Press . Conaway, James . 9780300083088 .
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- Book: A History of the British Museum Library 1753–1973 . 1998 . British Library . Harris, P.R. . 9780712345620 .
- Book: Unspeakable Truths: Transitional Justice and the Challenge of Truth Commissions . 2011 . Routledge . Hayner, Priscilla B. .
- Book: Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century . 2003 . Praeger . Knuth, Rebecca .
- Book: Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon . 1853 . John Murray . Layard, Austen H. .
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- Book: Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory . 1993 . Free Press . Lipstadt, Deborah . 9780029192351 .
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- Book: Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq . 1998 . University of California Press . Makiya, Kanan . 9780520214392 .
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- Book: Pastoral Letter of his Eminence Cardinal Mercier Archbishop of Malines Primate of Belgium Christmas 1914 . 1915 . Burns & Oates Ltd . Mercier, Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph .
- Book: Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life . 1993 . Faber & Faber . Motion, Andrew .
- Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four . 2003 . Penguin . Orwell, George .
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- Book: A Lecture on the History of the University Archives . 1912 . Clarendon Press . Poole, Reginald Lane .
- Book: Johannes Reuchlin and the Campaign to Destroy Jewish Books . 2011 . Oxford University Press . Price, David H. .
- Book: Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh . 1836 . James Duncan . Rich, Claudius James . 9780576034661 .
- Book: The German Terror in Belgium . 1917 . Hodder & Stoughton . Toynbee, Arnold J. .
- Book: A History of Iraq . 2000 . Cambridge University Press . Tripp, Charles .
Notes and References
- Web site: Shortlist announced for £40k Wolfson History Prize . Books+Publishing . 3 May 2021 . 16 June 2022 .
