Heritage and the Existential Need for History.
By: Webster, Maud.
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BookPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (137 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813057774.Subject(s): Cultural property--Antiquities | Excavations (Archaeology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 930.1 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Prologue: Cy Twombly's Longing -- Introduction: About This Book -- 1. On Being in Time: History, Death, Text -- History as Therapy -- The Matter of Literacy -- 2. Archaeological Cases: Blood from Stone -- Justifying the Present -- Picking Up and Starting Over -- 3. Historical Cases: Contextualizing the Self -- World of Letters -- Taking in Pictures and Places -- By Way of a Conclusion: The Heart of the Matter -- Notes -- References -- Index.
In a sweeping survey of archaeological sites dating from a span of thousands of years and located across continents, this book asks fundamental questions about the place of cultural heritage in Western society.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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