Literature suppressed on political grounds / Nicholas J. Karolides.
Literature suppressed on political grounds / Nicholas J. Karolides.
Alternate Title
:
Political grounds
Banned books : literature suppressed on political grounds
By
:
Karolides, Nicholas J.
Publication Date
:
2006
Publication Information
:
New York : Facts On File,
Edition
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Rev. ed.
Physical Description
:
613 p.
Subject Term
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Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Prohibited books -- History -- 20th century.
Censorship -- History.
Prohibited books -- History.
Communication in politics.
Series
:
FACTS ON FILE LIBRARY OF WORLD LITERATURE
BANNED BOOKS
FACTS ON FILE LIBRARY OF WORLD LITERATURE.
BANNED BOOKS.
Summary
:
Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their beliefs or questioned their activities. Political censorship was even applied to ancient Greek dramas during the Nazi occupation in 1942. Political suppression also occurs in the name of security and the safeguarding of official secrets, and is often used as a weapon in larger cultural or political battles. Such censorship has affected every form of writing. Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds, Revised Edition illustrates the extent and frequency of political censorship of many kinds of literature.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780816062706
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 363.31 K14 | NonCirculating |