Creating prehistory: Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain (2008)

Adam Stout
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Somerset Somerset Studies S 930.1 GEN
Record Number
1405155043
Publication Details
Date
2008
Publisher
RCN
1405155043
Number of pages
336p
Height
24x16x3cm
Format
hbk.
Other Format
hbk/pbk from 300$e
Note
List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Power and the Past. Part I: Disciplining the Past:. 1. Manufacturing The Past: The Victorian Background. 2. Establishing the Discipline. 3. Containing the Amateurs. Part II: Contesting Utopia:. 4. Making Progress. 5. The Politics of Socialism. 6. The Diffusion Heresy: Nurture and the Primitive. 7. Establishing Diffusion. 8. A Clash of Narratives: Diffusion and the Archaeologists. Part III: The Most Ancient Faith:. 9. The Esoteric Revival. 10. The Universal Bond. 11. Stonehenge: A Mecca of Celtic Idealism. Part IV: Order and Civilization:. 12. The Aesthetics of Order. 13. The Old Straight Track. 14. The Straight Track Postal Club. 15. Straight Track to Beyond. 16. Visions of Civilization. Conclusion: Archaeology and Social Transformation. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
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English