Margarita Diaz-Andreu

A World History of Nineteenth-Century Archaeology

Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Past

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Margarita Diaz-Andreu offers 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 upon the ideologies of nationalism and imperialism. Diaz-Andreu examines a wide range of issues, including the creation of institutions, the conversion of the study of antiquities into a profession, public memory, changes in archaeological thought and practice, and the effect on archaeology of racism, religion, the belief in progress, hegemony, and resistance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 875g
• ISBN-13: 9780199217175
• ISBN-10: 0199217173
• Artikelnr.: 23886374

Autorenporträt

Margarita Diaz-Andreu is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: An alternative account of the history of archaeology in the
nineteenth century
* 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 the Greek and Latin American nations
* 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
* 7: Informal imperialism beyond Europe: the archaeology of the great
civilizations in Latin America, China, and Japan
* III. Colonial Archaeology
* 8: Colonialism and archaeology in South and South-East Asia
* 9: Classical versus Islamic antiquities in colonial archaeology: the
Russian Empire and French North Africa
* 10: Colonialism and the archaeology of the primitive
* IV. National Archaeology in Europe
* 11: The early search for a national past in Europe (1789-1820)
* 12: Archaeology and the liberal revolutions (c.1820-1860): nation,
race, and language in the study of Europe's past
* 13: Evolutionism and positivism (c.1860-1900)
* 14: Conclusions