The Resource Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe, Kathy Peiss
Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe, Kathy Peiss
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The item Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe, Kathy Peiss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe, Kathy Peiss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- "Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They travelled to neutral cities to find enemy publications for intelligence analysis and followed advancing armies to capture records in a massive program of confiscation. After the war, they seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools and gathered together countless looted Jewish books. Improvising library techniques in wartime conditions, they contributed to Allied intelligence, preserved endangered books, engaged in restitution, and participated in the denazification of book collections. Information Hunters explores what collecting meant to the men and women who embarked on these missions, and how the challenges of a total war led to an intense focus on books and documents. It uncovers the worlds of collecting, in spy-ridden Stockholm and Lisbon, in liberated Paris and devastated Berlin, and in German caves and mineshafts. The wartime collecting missions had lasting effects. They intensified the relationship between libraries and academic institutions, on the one hand, and the government and military, on the other. Book and document acquisition became part of the apparatus of national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction. These efforts also spurred the development of information science and boosted research libraries' ambitions to be great national repositories for research and the dissemination of knowledge that would support American global leadership, politically and intellectually."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 277 pages
- Contents
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- The country of the mind must also attack
- Librarians and collectors go to war
- The wild scramble for documents
- Acquisitions on a grand scale
- Fugitive records of war
- Book burning, American style
- Not a library, but a large depot of loot
- Isbn
- 9780190944612
- Label
- Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe
- Title
- Information hunters
- Title remainder
- when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathy Peiss
- Title variation
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- When librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe
- When librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War Two Europe
- When librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War 2 Europe
- Subject
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- Books -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Intelligence service -- United States -- Information services
- Librarians -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- United States, Office of Strategic Services
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States
- Library of Congress Mission to Germany
- Acquisitions (Libraries) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They travelled to neutral cities to find enemy publications for intelligence analysis and followed advancing armies to capture records in a massive program of confiscation. After the war, they seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools and gathered together countless looted Jewish books. Improvising library techniques in wartime conditions, they contributed to Allied intelligence, preserved endangered books, engaged in restitution, and participated in the denazification of book collections. Information Hunters explores what collecting meant to the men and women who embarked on these missions, and how the challenges of a total war led to an intense focus on books and documents. It uncovers the worlds of collecting, in spy-ridden Stockholm and Lisbon, in liberated Paris and devastated Berlin, and in German caves and mineshafts. The wartime collecting missions had lasting effects. They intensified the relationship between libraries and academic institutions, on the one hand, and the government and military, on the other. Book and document acquisition became part of the apparatus of national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction. These efforts also spurred the development of information science and boosted research libraries' ambitions to be great national repositories for research and the dissemination of knowledge that would support American global leadership, politically and intellectually."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Peiss, Kathy Lee
- Dewey number
- 940.54/8673094
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D810.C8
- LC item number
- P45 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Library of Congress Mission to Germany
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Books
- Intelligence service
- Acquisitions (Libraries)
- Cultural property
- Librarians
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe, Kathy Peiss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-259) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The country of the mind must also attack -- Librarians and collectors go to war -- The wild scramble for documents -- Acquisitions on a grand scale -- Fugitive records of war -- Book burning, American style -- Not a library, but a large depot of loot
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190944612
- Lccn
- 2019015762
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1089904324
- Label
- Information hunters : when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe, Kathy Peiss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-259) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The country of the mind must also attack -- Librarians and collectors go to war -- The wild scramble for documents -- Acquisitions on a grand scale -- Fugitive records of war -- Book burning, American style -- Not a library, but a large depot of loot
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190944612
- Lccn
- 2019015762
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1089904324
Subject
- Books -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Intelligence service -- United States -- Information services
- Librarians -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- United States, Office of Strategic Services
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States
- Library of Congress Mission to Germany
- Acquisitions (Libraries) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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