Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415232784
Publisert
2001-01-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
208
Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past turns what is usually seen as a method for investigating the distant past onto the present. In doing so, it reveals fresh ways of looking both at ourselves and modern society as well as the discipline of archaeology.This volume represents the most recent research in this area and examines a variety of contexts including:* Art Deco* landfills* miner strikes* college fraternities* an abandoned council house.
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The Contributors to this volume represent the most recent research in this exciting new field. This new archaeology gives a crucial understanding of the experience of modernity and the communities it continues to affect.
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Figures, Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 The absent present: archaeologies of the contemporary past, PART I Production and consumption, PART II Remembering and forgetting, PART III Disappearance and disclosure, Conclusions, Index
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'This book provides a long sequence of moving, powerful papers that confront and challenge us. the authors in this volume can be congratulated for pushing beyond the edges of the discipline and so opening a rather different vision.' Ian Hodder,from the Epilogue.'A good, interesting book...a crucial insight for anyone in heritage management.' - K.Kris Hirst, About.com
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415232784
Publisert
2001-01-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
208