| The Politics of the Past Revised Edition Contributor(s): Gathercole, P. W. (Editor), Lowenthal, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415095549 ISBN-13: 9780415095549 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: This stimulating collection demonstrates the inadequacy of a history that is always written by the "winners." Drawing on original studies from Africa, North America, Australia and the Pacific in order to make its points, b /b b i The Politics of the Past /i /b emphasizes that archaeology has a crucial role to play in promoting a more balanced, eclectic approach to the past. br br The essays in the book are organized around four themes: the forms and consequences of the Eurocentric heritage, the conflicting perspectives of rulers and ruled, the significance of administrative and institutional rivalries, and the divide between professional and popular views of archaeology. This illuminating book aims to enrich historical and archaeological inquiry and interpretation, |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 930.1 |
| LCCN: 94236326 |
| Series: One World Archaeology (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.28" W x 9.26" (1.09 lbs) 346 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'History is written by the winners' is the received wisdom. This book explains why historical interpretation has to incorporate perspectives from those other than 'winners', and demonstrates archaeology's crucial role in this wide-ranging approach. The book draws more on Africa, Afro-America, Australasia and Oceania than on Europe, the source of the traditionally dominant perspective in archaeology. The four organizing themes of The Politics of the Past are the forms and consequences of the Eurocentric heritage, the conflicting perspectives of rulers and ruled, the significance of administrative and institutional rivalries, and the cleavages that divide professional from popular views of archaeology. Archaeologists, anthropologists, historians and other scholars will find The Politics of the Past illuminating and provocative. It will enrich historical and archaeological inquiry and interpretation, and ramify their relevance for public policy. |