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Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-July 3, 2008 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/77cd73/creating_prehistor) has announced the addition of the "Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain" report to their offering.
Creating Prehistory deals even-handedly and sympathetically with the creation of several different sorts of prehistory during the volatile period between the two World Wars.
— Investigates the origins of professional archaeology in Britain during the inter-war period
— Brings to life many fascinating and controversial personalities and their creeds, including the archaeologists O. G. S. Crawford, Mortimer Wheeler and Gordon Childe; Grafton Elliot Smith and W. H. R. Rivers (of 'Regeneration' fame); Alfred Watkins and The Old Straight Track; and the thunderous George Watson Macgregor Reid, who brought the Druids back to Stonehenge
— Examines the production of archaeological knowledge as a social process, and the relationship between personalities, institutions, ideology, and power
— Addresses the ongoing debates of the significance of sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, and Maiden Castle -0- *T Key Topics Covered: List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Power and the Past. Part I: Disciplining the Past:. 1. Manufacturing The Past: The Victorian Background. 2. Establishing the Discipline. 3. Containing the Amateurs. Part II: Contesting Utopia:. 4. Making Progress. 5. The Politics of Socialism. 6. The Diffusion Heresy: Nurture and the Primitive. 7. Establishing Diffusion. 8. A Clash of Narratives: Diffusion and the Archaeologists. Part III: The Most Ancient Faith:. 9. The Esoteric Revival. 10. The Universal Bond. 11. Stonehenge: A Mecca of Celtic Idealism. Part IV: Order and Civilization:. 12. The Aesthetics of Order. 13. The Old Straight Track. 14. The Straight Track Postal Club. 15. Straight Track to Beyond. 16. Visions of Civilization. Conclusion: Archaeology and Social Transformation. Notes. Bibliography. Index *T
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