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The Book at War lydbok
259,-
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 conflicts of the modern age. From the American …
Undertittel
Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
Forlag
Profile Audio
Utgitt
5 oktober 2023
Lengde
14:37
Sjanger
Hus og hage, Historie, Kunst og kultur, Dokumentar og fakta, Hobby og fritid
Språk
English
Format
mp3
DRM-beskyttelse
App-only
ISBN
9781800818101
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 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
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 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
