Censorship of Historical Thought: A World Guide, 1945-2000

by Antoon de Baets

History is an important, dangerous, and fragile subject. Historical thought can be censored in widely diverging political and historiographical contexts, as historians are well aware. Yet the problems of censorship, often thought to be obvious, are rarely studied. Filling a significant void, this guide supplies information on the censorship of historical thought and the fate of persecuted historians in over 130 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313311935
• ISBN13: 9780313311932
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"