The politics of the past / edited by Peter Gathercole, David Lowenthal.

The politics of the past /

The main aim of this stimulating book is to demonstrate the inadequacy of a history that is always written by the winners'. Draws on original studies from Africa, North America, Australia and the Pacific in order to make the point. Emphasizes that archaeology has a crucial role to play in promo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Archaeological Congress
Other Authors: Gathercole, P. W., Lowenthal, David
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Series:One world archaeology ; 12.
Subjects:
Archaeology > Political aspects > Congresses.
Archaeology > Political aspects > Developing countries > Congresses.
Archaeology and state > Congresses.
Archaeology and state > Developing countries > Congresses.
Ethnocentrism > Congresses.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Part, Introduction
  • chapter Introduction / PETER GATHERCOLE
  • chapter 1 The Western world view in archaeological atlases
  • CHRIS SCARRE
  • chapter 2 Public presentations and private concerns: archaeology in the pages of National Geographic
  • JOAN GERO & DOLORES ROOT / National Geographic Joan Gero & Dolores Root
  • chapter 3 American nationality and ethnicity in the depicted past / Michael L. Blakey
  • chapter 4 Afro-Americans in the Massachusetts historical landscape / Robert Paynter
  • chapter 5 Black people and museums: the Caribbean Heritage Project in Southampton
  • RONALD BELGRAVE / Southampton Ronald Belgrave
  • chapter 6 'Volk und Germanentum': the presentation of the past in Nazi Germany
  • W.J. McCANN / Germany W.J. McCann
  • chapter Introduction
  • chapter 7 Maori control of the Maori heritage
  • STEPHEN O'REGAN
  • chapter 8 Nga Tukemata: Nga Taonga o Ngati Kahungunu (The awakening: the treasures of Ngati Kahungunu)
  • DAVID J. BUTTS
  • chapter 9 God's police and damned whores: images of archaeology in Hawaii / Matthew Spriggs
  • chapter 10 Aboriginal perceptions of the past: the implications for cultural resource management in Australia
  • HOWARD CREAMER
  • chapter 11 Search for the missing link: archaeology and the public in Lebanon / Helga Seeden
  • chapter 12 The legacy of Eve
  • SÎAN JONES & SHARON PAY
  • chapter 13 Museums: two case studies of reaction to colonialism Frank Willett 172 178
  • FRANK WILLETT / Nigeria Scotland
  • chapter 14 Cultural education in West Africa: archaeological perspectives
  • NWANNA NZEWUNWA
  • chapter 15 The development of museums in Botswana: dilemmas and tensions in a front-line state Robert MacKenzie
  • ROBERT MKENZIE
  • chapter 16 A past abandoned? Some experiences of a regional museum in Botswana
  • SANDY GRANT
  • chapter 17 Archaeology and museum work in the Solomon Islands
  • LAWRENCE FOANAOTA
  • chapter 18 Fifty years of conservation experience on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
  • SERGIO RAPU / Chile Sergio Rapu
  • part, Introduction
  • chapter 19 Didactic presentations of the past: some retrospective considerations in relation to the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, Lódz, Poland / Poland Andrzej Mikolajczyk
  • chapter 20 Reconstruction as interpretation: the example of the Jorvik Viking Centre, York
  • PETER V. ADDYMAN / Centre, York Peter V. Addyman
  • chapter 21 Fort Loudoun, Tennessee, a mid-18th century British fortification: a case study in research archaeology, reconstruction, and interpretive exhibits Carl Kuttruff
  • chapter 22 Conservation and information in the display of prehistoric sites / sites Nicholas P. Stanley Price
  • chapter 23 The epic of the Ekpu: ancestor figures of Oron, south-east
  • KEITH NICKLIN / Nigeria Keith Nicklin
  • chapter Conclusion: archaeologists and others
  • DAVID LOWENTHAL.

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