Author: Gathercole, Peter W. ; & Lowenthal, David ; editors :
Title: The Politics of the Past
Description: London, Routledge, (1994). orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, xxvi,319 pp. PAPERBACK. Series: One World Archaeology, 12.. Textual illustrations.. ISBN: 0415095549. Some minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 23 papers from the session of the World Archaeological Congress, held in Southampton, England in September 1986. Includes: The heritage of ethnocentricity: the western world view in archaeological atlases [Chris Scarre]; public presentations and private concerns - archaeology in the pages of "National Geographic" [Joan Gero and Dolores Root]; American nationality and ethnicity in the depicted past [Michael L.Blakey] Afro- Americans in the Massachusetts historical landscape [Robert Paynter]; the W.E.B.DuBois boyhood homesite - a case study in the politics of historical archeology; black people and museums - the Caribbean heritage project in Southampton [Ronald Belgrave]; "volk und Germanentum" - the presentation of the past in Nazi Germany [W.J. McCann]; Rulers and ruled: Maori control of the Maori heritage [Stephen O'Regan]; Nga Tukemata - Nga Taonga o Ngati Kahungunu (The Awakening - The Treasures of Ngati Kahungunu) [David J. Butts]; God's police and damned whores - images of archaeology in Hawaii [ Matthew Spriggs]; aboriginal perceptions of the past - the implications for cultural resource management in Australia [Howard Creamer]; search for the missing link - archaeology and the public in Lebanon [Helga Seeden]; the legacy of Eve [Stan Jones and Sharon Pay]; museums - two case studies of reaction to colonialism [Frank Willett]; cultural education in West Africa - archeological perspectives [Nwanna Nzewunwa]; irreconcilable issues? - culture houses in Zimbabwe [Peter J.Ucko]; the development of museums in Botswana - dilemmas and tensions in a front-line state; etc.

Keywords: 0415095549 Archaeology, Archeology, Social Theory, Anthropology, Ethnocentrism, Ethnology History, Ethnography, Museums, Museum Policy, Historiography