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

• Main Author: Intrator, Miriam (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: New Directions in Book History
• Subjects: Literature-History and criticism.; Literature-Translations.; World War, 1939-1945.; Literature, Modern-20th century.; Literary History.; Translation Studies.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.; Twentieth-Century Literature.

Books Across Borders: UNESCO and the Politics of Postwar Cultural Reconstruction, 1945-1951 is a history of the emotional, ideological, informational, and technical power and meaning of books and libraries in the aftermath of World War II, examined through the cultural reconstruction activities unde...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One - Introduction: The UNESCO Libraries Section
• Chapter Two - Wartime Planning, Postwar Response
• Chapter Three - Books between Libraries: Sharing, Exchange, and Purchasing
• Chapter Four - Books across Borders: Translation and Cheap Books
• Chapter Five - The Contested Fate of Confiscated Books and Objectionable Literature
• Chapter Six - Non-Restitutable Books and The Library That Never Was
• Chapter Seven - Access to Books, Libraries, and Information: Cultural Right, Human Right
• Chapter Eight - Conclusion: From the Postwar to Today.