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A World History of Nineteenth-Century Archaeology : Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Past.

An innovative history of archaeology during the nineteenth century, encompassing all its fields from the origins of humanity to the medieval period, and all areas of the world. The development of archaeology is placed within the framework of contemporary political events, with a particular focus upo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diaz-Andreu, Margarita
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007.
Series:Oxford studies in the history of archaeology.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Maps; 1. An Alternative Account of the History of Archaeology in the Nineteenth Century; PART I. THE EARLY ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS; 2. Antiquities and Political Prestige in the Early Modern Era; 3. The Archaeology of the French Revolution; 4. Archaeology and the 1820 Liberal Revolution: The Past in the Independence of Greece and Latin American Nations; PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF INFORMAL IMPERIALISM; 5. Informal Imperialism in Europe and the Ottoman Empire: The Consolidation of the Mythical Roots of the West; 6. Biblical Archaeology.