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The Book at War - Andrew Pettegree

The Book at War

Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
Buch | Softcover
480 Seiten
2024 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80081-494-3 (ISBN)
CHF 22,65 inkl. MwSt
Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime
'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable ... [a] tour de force' David Kynaston

Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline.

In The Book at War, acclaimed historian Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the vast conflicts of the modern age.

From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace.

Andrew Pettegree, FBA, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is the co-author of The Library: A Fragile History, and the prize-winning The Book in the Renaissance and The Invention of News. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and founding director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 16PP section colour b&w integrated images
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 198 mm
Gewicht 400 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Antiquitäten
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10 1-80081-494-1 / 1800814941
ISBN-13 978-1-80081-494-3 / 9781800814943
Zustand Neuware
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