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Bigger than history : why archaeology matters
- Title
- Bigger than history : why archaeology matters / Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, Nadia Durrani.
- Author
- Fagan, Brian M.
- Publication
- London : Thames & Hudson, [2019]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 21-544 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Durrani, Nadia
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
- Summary
- An exciting and much anticipated new archaeology title written by titan Brian Fagan and journalist Nadia Durrani, Bigger than History introduces students to archaeology<U+2019>s contributions to many of today<U+2019>s important debates of interest to students. Each chapter focuses on one of today<U+2019>s important topics, such as gender equality, ethnicity and racism, climate change, and nationality and nationalism, showing how archaeology contributes to our understanding of the issues related to those topics. Bigger than History is affordable and concise enough to be used alongside a textbook, or on its own to engage and draw students into learning about archaeology.
- Subject
- Archaeology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-121) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Revealing Deep History -- 2. Investigating Climate Change -- 3. Revealing Who We Are -- 4. Exploring Gender -- 5. Archaeology and Nationalism -- 6. The Tourist Effect -- 7. Protecting the Past -- 8. Why Archaeology Matters.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-544
- ISBN
- 9780500295090
- 0500295093
- OCLC
- 1110441695
- Author
- Fagan, Brian M., author.
- Title
- Bigger than history : why archaeology matters / Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, Nadia Durrani.
- Publisher
- London : Thames & Hudson, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-121) and index.
- Added Author
- Durrani, Nadia, author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-544