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Zusatztext 'Marx's Ghost successfully explains Marx's varied influences in the arcaeology of the formation of class and state structures....It is direct! clear and readily accessible to undergraduate audiences.'Anthropological Forum'As Marx might say: this book should change the field.'Mark P. Leone! University of Maryland'This is a wonderfully important work. Patterson's idea of wrapping the history of archaeological theory in the skeins of Marx's ideas can be seen at work in their trenches.'Carole Crumley! University of North Carolina'Patterson resurrects the lingering presence or 'ghost' of Karl Marx in archaeological discussions over the last 50 years or so Patterson's sensible overview can be profitably read by advanced undergraduates! graduate students and professional archaeologists alike.'Philip L. Kohl! Wellesley College'An important book on the many ways that archaeologists have been affected by the writings of Marx. Archaeologists are charged with developin Informationen zum Autor Thomas C. Patterson Professor and Chair of Anthropology!University of California at Riverside Klappentext How did our current society come into being and how is it similar to as well as different from its predecessors? These key questions have transfixed archaeologists, anthropologists and historians for decades and strike at the very heart of intellectual debate across a wide range of disciplines. Zusammenfassung How did our current society come into being and how is it similar to as well as different from its predecessors? These key questions have transfixed archaeologists, anthropologists and historians for decades and strike at the very heart of intellectual debate across a wide range of disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis Marx's Ghost' should be read by archaeology students as part of a general training in archaeological theory. . . as a solid and honest exposition by an archaeologist who is a committed Marxist.'
