Rebecca Knuth

Autor von Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century

5 Werke 212 Mitglieder 6 Rezensionen

Über den Autor

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

Werke von Rebecca Knuth

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

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

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

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

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

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Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist… von 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.… (mehr)

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dono421846 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 29, 2017 |

Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of… von 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 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 11, 2011 |

Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist… von 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 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 18, 2011 |

Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist… von 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 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 6, 2009 |

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