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The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading
By Pettegree, Andrew
- ISBN
- 9781541604346
- Publisher
- Basic
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2023 | Social Sciences
The two world wars of the 20th century put stress on publishers, booksellers, and libraries, but they also opened opportunities and accelerated changes in book production (see the ubiquity of paperback books among the armed forces) both during and after World Wars I and II. Pettegree (modern history, Univ. of St. Andrews; The Library: A Fragile History) draws on a vast, sprawling literature—books about and generated by wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
