 Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5504-5
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June 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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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
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
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