Archaeology and Colonialism Cultural Contact From 5000 Bc to the Present

Informationen zum Autor Chris Gosden is Lecturer and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Klappentext Ranging from the Uruk cities of early Mesopotamia! through the empires of the Romans and the Aztecs! to the colonies of modern European states! Chris Gosden presents a comparative survey of 7!000 years of colonialism. (Archaeology is the only discipline that permits such a long-term view across all forms of colonialism.) Gosden argues that modern colonialism! by giving rise to settler societies! is historically unusual and represents an important area for the long-term study of power and material culture. Zusammenfassung In this wide-ranging study! Chris Gosden presents a comparative survey of 5000 years of colonialism. He argues that modern colonialism! giving rise to settler societies! is historically unusual and that colonialism! in general! represents an important area for the long-term study of power and material culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Other approaches to colonialism; 3. A model of colonialism; 4. Colonialism within a shared cultural milieu; 5. The middle ground; 6. Terra nullius; 7. Power.

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Chris Gosden is Lecturer and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

Product details

• Assisted by: Richard Bradley (Editor), Sue Alcock (Editor)
• Authors: Chris (University of Oxford) Gosden, Chris Gosden, Christopher Gosden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.04.2004
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780521787956
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78795-6
• Pages: 204
• Series: Topics in Contemporary Archaeo > 2