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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 October 2009
      26 January 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511558214
      9780521480659
      9780521558396
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558214
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.66kg, 344 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 344 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Politics: General Interest, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology, Politics and International Relations
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    Politics: General Interest, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology, Politics and International Relations
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    Archaeology has often been put to political use, particularly by nationalists. The case studies in this timely collection range from the propaganda purposes served by archaeology in the Nazi state, through the complex interplay of official dogma and academic prehistory in the former Soviet Union, to lesser-known instances of ideological archaeology in other European countries, in China, Japan, Korea and the Near East. The introductory and concluding chapters draw out some of the common threads in these experiences, and argue that archaeologists need to be more sophisticated about the use and abuse of their studies. The editors have brought together a distinguished international group of scholars. Whilst archaeologists will find that this book raises cogent questions about their own work, these problems also go beyond archaeology to implicate history and anthropology more generally.

    Reviews

    ‘Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology clearly demonstrates that the past constitutes a symplib resource with great potential for present-day politics. This makes the theme crucial and relevant not only for archaeology but also for history and anthropology more generally.’

    Source: Ethnos

    ‘Nationalism, Politics, and the Practice of Archeology clearly demonstrate that the past constitues a symbolic resource with great potential for present-day politics. This makes the theme crucial and relevant not only for archaeology but also for history and anthropology more generally.’

    Mats Burström Source: Ethnos

    ‘I recommend this book to all archaeologists both for its coverage of the history of archaeology and most importantly for what it has to say about modern issues in the practise of archaeology.’

    Source: Archaeology in New Zealand

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