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Book SynopsisLibrary staff and faculty defend intellectual freedom and describe standing against book challenges.Book bans and challenges frequently make the news, but when the reporting ends, how do we put them in context? The Fight against Book Bans captures the views of dozens of librarians and library science professors regarding the recent flood of book challenges across the United States, gathered in a comprehensive analysis of their impact and significance. It also serves as a guide to responding to challenges.Chapter authors provide first-hand accounts of facing book challenges and describe how they have prepared for challenges, overcome opposition to certain books, and shown the value of specific library materials. Library science faculty with a range of specialties provide relevant background information to bolster these on-the-ground views. Together, the chapters both articulate the importance of intellectual freedom and demonstrate how to convey that signifiTrade ReviewThis timely book will be an excellent resource for library workers on the front lines in the fight to protect access to information. Using a combination of stories from the field and practical advice for responding to threats to intellectual freedom, Oltmann has assembled a valuable resource that captures the concerns of this moment and provides hope for the future. * Dr. Martin Garnar, Director, Amherst College Library, USA; Editor, Intellectual Freedom Manual, Tenth Edition *The majority of Americans oppose censorship. But those calling for bans are loud, angry, and organized. These voices from the frontlines of America's libraries not only offer sage advice (with the big one being the necessity of having and adhering to policies), they also share their astonishment, anxiety, and deep commitment to service and professionalism. A vital record of our times, this book is recommended for all public, school, and academic libraries. * James LaRue, Executive Director, Garfield County (CO) Public Library District, USA *The stories in this book are by turns infuriating and heartbreaking, and this deeply researched and informative look at the surge of book bans should be a catalyst to encourage us all to fight back. * Karis Rogerson, Writer and Journalist *Table of Contents1. The Precarious State of Libraries in the 2020s, Shannon M. Oltmann Part One: The Rise in Book Challenges across the Nation 2. It’s Not Just the Quantity: Book Challenges in 2021 and Beyond, Glen J. Benedict 3. Preserving Equity for Young Adult Readers, Andrea Jamison 4. Missouri and Kansas School Librarians Face Unprecedented Community Concern, Rene Burress, Angie Wiegers, and Amanda Harrison 5. Reclaiming the Right to Learn: Combating New Censorship Tactics, Jamie Gregory Part Two: How Challenges and Bans Affect Librarians 6. Riding Shotgun for Intellectual Freedom, Terri L. Lesley 7. A Library without Controversy, Kelly Mayfield 8. A Middle School Challenge: Championing Cabot’s Princess on the Brink, Julie N. Hornick 9. Beyond the Paperwork: The Hidden Impact of a Title Challenge, Joe Schweiss Part Three: External Support for Librarians 10. Supporting Texas Librarians Facing Materials Challenges, Dorcas Hand 11. Building a Grassroots Movement to Support Intellectual #FReadom, Becky Calzada and Carolyn Foote 12. Answering the Call: ALA GNCRT Responds to Surging Challenges to Comics, Matthew Noe, Amie Wright, and Moni Barrette Part Four: How to Face Challenges and Bans 13. Responding to Challenges: In the Moment and Beforehand, Kristin Pekoll and Shannon M. Oltmann 14. When Policy Does Not Stop the Ban: Reflections on Moving Forward, Jenna Kammer and Mernie Maestas 15. Whom Do We Serve? A Youth Librarianship Perspective, Cindy C. Welch 16. Parent Education for Anti-censorship: A School Librarian’s Guide, Rhona Campbell Part Five: Advice from Librarians 17. Challenges That Provide Insight into a Librarian’s Code of Ethics and a Systemic Threat to National Democracy, Dee Ann Venuto 18. Book Banning in the United States? Why, It’s Perfectly Normal!, Kerrie Lattari 19. Hindsight Is 2021: Help from the Book Battle Frontlines, Martha Hickson 20. Saving Library Books for Kids: A Year Combating Censorship, Tonya Ryals About the Editor and Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBased upon original research in archives in Ireland, Great Britain, the United States and Canada, this study opens a new page in the history of wartime propaganda and censorshipTrade ReviewNow, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II. 'Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II.' American Historical Review A vital study of propaganda and censorship in the age of mass communications from which historians of several genres will undoutedly profit. -- Mervyn O'Driscoll, University College Cork American Historical Review Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II. 'Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II.' American Historical Review A vital study of propaganda and censorship in the age of mass communications from which historians of several genres will undoutedly profit.Table of Contents1. Setting the Stage: April 1937-August 1939; 2. In Dublin's Bright City: September 1939-1940; 3. The Hazards of Neutrality: June-December 1940; 4. More Than Ever 'Ourselves Alone': January-June 1940; 5. From 'Operation Barbarossa' to Pearl Harbor: June-December 1941; 6. Here Come the Yanks!: January-December 1942; 7. Now We Have Won the War!: January-December 1942; 8. Turning the Tide: January-December 1943; 9. Eamon Who?: January 1944-April 1945; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics.When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the latest in a long line of crimes perpetrated by Antifa.In Unmasked, Andy Ngo tells the story of this violent extremist movement from the very beginning. He includes interviews with former followers of the group, people who've been attacked by them, and incorporates stories from his own life. This book contains a trove of documents obtained by the author, published for the first time ever.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A remarkable book indeed, at once learned and engaging, well written and well conceived. It is also thoroughly researched. . . . Marcus provides us with a refreshing perspective on medicine, science, books, reading practices, professional self-definition, the discourse of utility, and the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in early modern Italy. Her own book, which is well illustrated with thirty-six figures, is both illuminating and a pleasure to read.” * Journal of Modern History *"Wonderful. . . . [The book] offers and provokes meditation on the timeless nature of censorship, its practices, its intentions and, perhaps especially, its (unintended) outcomes. . . . Forbidden Knowledge also makes an important intervention in the debate about Counter-Reformation Italy, still often represented as dominated by repressive Catholic institutions. Marcus' study of the censorship of medical texts reveals a much richer picture. . . . The book offers an invaluable meditation on the processes meant to distinguish good knowledge from bad, and the fluidity of those categories." * Times Higher Education *"Many years have passed since microhistory was the latest fashion in historiography, but [this] complex, extremely erudite, nuanced, and very carefully researched book by Hannah Marcus shows how its legacy is still with us, reinterpreted in creative and innovative ways. . . . This book, written with clarity, passion and erudition at the same time as being extremely well-researched, is a model of history writing and has the potential of becoming a classic." * Metascience *"Marcus expertly explores the mechanics and meaning of the censorship of medical writings in post-Tridentine Italy in this innovative and original study. . . . Forbidden Knowledge succeeds on multiple levels that allow for the revision of many assumptions about post-Tridentine intellectual activity. By providing details into the practices of expurgation and licensing, the book delineates the priorities of the Catholic Church, while demystifying censorship. . . . Additionally, she unveils the interests and priorities of the medical community in a manner that exceeds what is often found in traditional intellectual histories. . . . Most importantly, Marcus deftly explains the various contradictions that shaped the interactions between Catholic authorities and the medical and scientific communities of early modern Italy, showing how these dynamics defined the role of outside expertise in creating 'Catholic Knowledge' for centuries to come." * Annals of Science *"Throughout, Marcus expresses her insights in a very readable prose enriched by an excellent eye for telling anecdotes. . . . Marcus has provided an impressively researched book that makes several important contributions to understanding the application of Reformation-era Catholic censorship to the intellectual world of Italian learned medicine. There is much to draw on, and build on, in this book." * Social History of Medicine *"[A] meticulously researched study. . . . This monograph presents a series of powerful and convincing arguments about the shaping of both Catholic culture and scientific knowledge in the early modern period, but it is equally rich in material for scholars from different disciplinary and methodological viewpoints. Marcus deftly deploys the techniques and concerns of scholars who study the history of book production—collecting, material culture, literacy, and reading. In short, her work presents a compelling argument married to an innovative series of methodologies." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"This is an important study that all scholars and advanced students of early modern Europe will want to read, especially those interested in early modern medicine, religion, and the history of the book. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"Marcus provides a fresh perspective on the complex, often conflictual, relationship between religion and science in the Counter-Reformation age, illustrating the tortuous reception of prohibited medical texts in Catholic Italy." * Nuncius *"Marcus shows how censors did their job in Counter-Reformation Italy, using medicine as a test case. Censors’ tools ranged from humanist techniques for reading, which enabled them to find and highlight problematic passages, to pens and scissors, with which they defaced the names of religious enemies and much more. But their means and powers were always limited. Drawing on unexplored documents, Marcus also recreates the system of permissions that enabled medical men to stay abreast of the new books printed in Protestant Europe. As lively as it is learned, this book reveals that Italian libraries witnessed as many scenes of struggle as of repression." -- Anthony Grafton, Princeton University“Forbidden Knowledge is a fascinating story of what can go wrong in censorship regimes when the censored field is seen as essential to human health and welfare, and when the works of the authors most in need of censoring are widely recognized as indispensable to the field. In this impeccably researched book, Marcus brings her story alive by focusing on the people involved in censorship and expurgation: frustrated administrators, busy and uncooperative professors, expert readers eager to pad their libraries at the Church’s expense, and an expurgator so pious he insisted on censoring his own works. An important contribution to the histories of early modern medicine, censorship, and the book." -- Katharine Park, author of Secrets of Women: Gender, Generation, and the Origins of Human Dissection"Marcus’s story about censorship ranges much more widely than most Anglophone accounts of the topic. Her point is that the system as we see it developing in sixteenth-century Italy was not only a device for suppressing texts, but a collection of practices for editing them, approving them, and directing their circulation. The book is provocative, overdue, and exciting. It will become an obligatory point of reference in the field, and I can imagine it acting as the launching pad for a generation of future studies." -- Adrian Johns, author of Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to GatesTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Paradox of Censorship 1. The Medical Republic of Letters and the Roman Indexes of Prohibited Books 2. Locating Expertise, Soliciting Expurgations 3. The Censor at Work 4. Censoring Medicine in Rome’s Index Expurgatorius of 1607 5. Prohibited Medical Books and Licensed Readers 6. Creating Censored Objects 7. Prohibited Books in Universal Libraries Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRongbin Han offers a powerful counterintuitive explanation for Chinaâs survival in the digital age. Han reveals how the state, service providers, and netizens negotiate the limits of discourse, interrogating our assumptions about authoritarian resilience and the internet's democratizing power.Trade ReviewIf you are looking for that long-awaited book on China’s Internet censorship, look no further. Rongbin Han’s Contesting Cyberspace in China illuminates the labyrinths of that proverbial cat-and-mouse game with clarity and sophistication. It will be a thought-provoking and rewarding read. -- Guobin Yang, University of PennsylvaniaHow has the Internet changed state-society relations in China? How have social groups engaged in a “guerrilla war” with the authorities over cyberspace? And how is the Internet remaking China? In this empirically rich work, Rongbin Han has provided us with a vivid analysis of the interactions between the state and society in China’s cyberspace. Those who are interested in cyber affairs must read this brilliant book. -- Zheng Yongnian, National University of SingaporeContesting Cyberspace in China goes beyond the typical fascination with Chinese censorship and internet controls. It investigates the ways in which social media and online expression are pluralizing political debate in China, giving ample room for fiery nationalists and indignant leftists to attack the regime’s liberal critics. The book is an excellent study of the diversity, drama, and defiance of China’s netizens. -- Mary E. Gallagher, University of MichiganHan provides a well-written and comprehensive study on Internet censorship and online discourse in China and breaks down the assumption that the Internet is inherently regime challenging. -- John James Kennedy * Journal of Asian Studies *An excellent addition to the burgeoning literature on the political consequences of the internet in China. * Contemporary Sociology *Well-written, nuanced and full of insightful analysis. * East Asian Journal of Popular Culture *Makes significant theoretic and empirical contributions to the literatures on authoritarianism and Chinese politics. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: Pluralism and Cyberpolitics in China2. Harmonizing the Internet: State Control Over Online Expression3. To Comply or to Resist? The Intermediaries’ Dilemma4. Pop Activism: Playful Netizens in Cyberpolitics5. Trolling for the Party: State-Sponsored Internet Commentators6. Manufacturing Distrust: Online Political Opposition and Its Backlash7. Defending the Regime: The “Voluntary Fifty-Cent Army”8. Authoritarian Resilience Online: Mismatched Capacity, Miscalculated ThreatAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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