Tag search:destruction of cultural heritage

Identity and loss of historical memory - the destruction of archives

by Igor Filippov, 1955- Editor
Paperback, 2017
Tags
nonfiction, archives, memory, destruction of cultural heritage, records, history, government records, family archives, personal papers, business papers, documentation
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
CD931 .I34 2017

The rape of Europa : the fate of Europe's treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War

by Lynn H. Nicholas
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
nonfiction, cultural property protection, Nazi Germany, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, World War (1939-1945), art theft, book theft, preservation, cultural heritage crime, destruction of cultural heritage, restitution — 4 more, 20th century history, Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section, Allied Forces, military operations
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
N8795.3.E85 N53 1994

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

Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper

by Nicholson Baker
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
nonfiction, preservation, book and paper conservation, destruction of cultural heritage, history of the book, microfilm, newspapers, periodicals, libraries, authors' autographs, signed
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z695.655 .B35 2001

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 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

Biblioclasm : the mythical origins, magic powers, and perishability of the written word

by Marc Drogin
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, history of writing, book and paper conservation, cultural heritage crime, lost literature, destruction of cultural heritage, manuscripts
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z4.D78 1989
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