Books Across Borders: UNESCO and the Politics of Postwar Cultural Reconstruction, 1945-1951

by Miriam Intrator

Book Overview

1. Introduction: The UNESCO Libraries Section

2. Wartime Planning, Postwar Response

3. Books Between Libraries: Sharing, Exchange, and Purchasing

4. Books Across Borders: Translation and Cheap Books

5. The Contested Fate of Confiscated Books and Objectionable Literature

6. Non-restitutable Books and the Library That Never Was

7. Access to Books, Libraries, and Information: Cultural Right, Human Right

8. Conclusion:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030158187
• ISBN13: 9783030158187
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"