Tag search:destruction and pillage

Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe

by Kathy Lee Peiss
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
nonfiction, World War (1939-1945), history of the book, intelligence services, cultural property protection, libraries, destruction and pillage, European history, United States history, Library of Congress, library acquisitions — 1 more, counterintelligence
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
D810.C8P45 2020

The spoils of war : World War II and its aftermath : the loss, reappearance, and recovery of cultural property

by Elizabeth Simpson, 1947- Editor
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
nonfiction, conference proceedings, cultural property protection, destruction and pillage, destruction of cultural heritage, World War (1939-1945), art theft, book theft
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
D810.D6 S67 1997

The book smugglers : partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis

by David E. Fishman, 1957-
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
nonfiction, destruction of cultural heritage, destruction and pillage, history of the book, Jewish culture, World War (1939-1945), cultural property protection, Europe, libraries, preservation, Vilnius (Lithuania) — 2 more, book theft, art theft
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
D804.3.F585 2017

Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack

by Richard Ovenden
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
nonfiction, destruction and pillage, destruction of cultural heritage, book burning, libraries, archives, records, censorship, knowledge, authors' autographs, signed
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z657

The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts

by Joshua Hammer, 1957-
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
nonfiction, Mali, Tomboctou, preservation, book and paper conservation, terrorism, destruction of cultural heritage, libraries, private libraries, book collecting, destruction and pillage — 7 more, cultural property, protection of cultural heritage, manuscripts, books, Islamic scholarship, Arabic manuscripts, Tuareg Rebellion (2012)
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z659.H22 2016

The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past

by Charlie English
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, history of libraries, African history, Timbouctou (Mali), Islamic books, Islamic culture, destruction and pillage, destruction of cultural heritage, manuscripts, librarians — 10 more, private libraries, colonialism, terrorism, cultural property, preservation, protection of cultural heritage, religious extremism, cultural genocide, Islamic scholarship, discovery and exploration
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
DT551.9 .T55 E54 2017

The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance

by Anders Rydell, 1982-
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
nonfiction, book theft, preservation, cultural heritage crime, libraries, destruction and pillage, confiscations and contributions, World War (1939-1945), European history, European culture, Jewish culture — 6 more, Jewish history, national socialism, conspiracies, suppression, book burning, censorship
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z702 .R93 2017

The looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad : the lost legacy of ancient Mesopotamia

by Milbry Polk Editor
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
nonfiction, cultural heritage, destruction and pillage, destruction of cultural heritage, Iraq, Mesopotamia, ancient civilization, museums, preservation, security, artifacts — 9 more, archaeology, books, history of the book, history of writing, antiquities, Middle Eastern antiquities, Matḥaf al-ʻIrāqī, Iraq War (2003-2011), conflict
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
DS79.76 .L66 2005

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

by Rebecca Knuth
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
nonfiction, destruction and pillage, cultural heritage crime, censorship, books, libraries, states, nations, authoritarianism, extremism, 20th century history
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z659.K58 2003

Books on fire : the destruction of libraries throughout history

by Lucien X. Polastron
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, history of libraries, preservation, cultural heritage, censorship, destruction and pillage, cultural heritage crime
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z721.P5613 2007
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