Archaeology, Narrative, and the Politics of the Past: The View from Southern Maryland
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1. Verfasser: King, Julia A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Tennessee Press 2012
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In this innovative work, Julia King moves nimbly among a variety of sources and disciplinary approaches-archaeological, historical, architectural, literary, and art-historical-to show how places take on, convey, and maintain meanings. Focusing on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland, King looks at the ways in which various groups, from patriots and politicians of the antebellum era to present-day archaeologists and preservationists, have transformed key landscapes into historical, indeed sacred, spaces. The sites King examines include the region's vanishing tob
Preface; 1. The Bounds of History; 2. How the Past Became a Place; 3. The Transient Nature of All Things Sublunary; 4. Collecting Utopia; 5. The Past Is a Rural Landscape; 6. Commemorative Hauntings; 7. Beyond Storytelling; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (290 p.)
ISBN:1572338881
9781572338883

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