LSE PressApr 14
Coming soon! 🗣️ Who gets access to books? And, to what extent does the act of reading shape our humanity? Reading Wars by Don Herzog will be published on 23rd April. This book will be free to read and download from the LSE Press website and affiliates. doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess
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"Reading Wars tells the astonishing history behind the wars on reading in a readable, clever style, underscoring the stakes of many of the current fights over censorship and book bans." — @[email protected] doi.org/10.31389/lse...
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"A rich yet accessible introduction to the many ways in which society has attempted to restrict reading materials throughout British and United States history." — @[email protected], Associate Professor in Library and Information Studies @[email protected] doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess
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"Political theory, historical sense, worrisome texts, unheralded documents, and great storytelling join forces in Herzog’s virtuoso investigation of the brutal fighting over who gets to learn to read..." — Mary G Dietz doi.org/10.31389/lse... #ReadingWars #OpenAccess
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This book will be launched at an LSE public event in collaboration with @[email protected] for a conversation on the heated, even murderous, political struggles over who gets to read and what they get to read. Tuesday 9 June 2026, 6pm - 7.30pm www.lse.ac.uk/events/futur...