Lydia C. Carr

Tessa Verney Wheeler: Women and Archaeology Before World War Two

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents the biography of the archaeologist Tessa Verney Wheeler through an examination of her written work, archives, sites, and photographs, as well as through the memories of those who knew her. Through a discussion of the very personal life and work of one woman, Carr explores the role of women in early British archaeology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199640225
• ISBN-10: 019964022X
• Artikelnr.: 35057373

Autorenporträt

L. C. Carr took her D.Phil at Oxford in 2008, where her dissertation focused on Tessa Verney Wheeler's life and work. This is her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Girlhood (1893-1910)
3: UCL s women and pre-war feminism: Tessa Verney s models
4: Education and the War (1910-1918)
5: Wales (1920-1927)
6: London (1928-1936)
7: Lydney Park, Gloucestershire (1928-1929)
8: Verulamium, Hertfordshire (1930-1933)
9: Public archaeology, publically performed: Mosaics and reporters
10: Maiden Castle, Dorset (1934-1937)
11: The legacies of the dead
Appendices
1: Timeline
2: Verney Wheeler: An ongoing bibliography
Bibliography