Creating prehistory : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain /

Creating Prehistory deals even-handedly and sympathetically with the creation of several different sorts of prehistory during the volatile period between the two World Wars.:.; Investigates the origins of professional archaeology in Britain during the inter-war period.; Brings to life many fascinati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stout, Adam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2008.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Anthropology > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Archaeology > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Prehistoric peoples > Great Britain.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Great Britain.
Anthropologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Archéologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Anthropology
Antiquities
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Archaeology
Prehistoric peoples
Great Britain > Antiquities.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Manufacturing the past : the Victorian background
  • Establishing the discipline
  • Containing the amateurs
  • Making progress
  • The politics of socialism
  • The diffusion heresy : nurture and the primitive
  • Establishing diffusion
  • A clash of narratives : diffusion and the archaeologists
  • The esoteric revival
  • The universal bond
  • Stonehenge : a mecca of Celtic idealism
  • The aesthetics of order
  • The old straight track
  • The straight track postal club
  • Straight track to beyond
  • Visions of civilization.

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