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.
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'Archaeology and Colonialism is a highly readable reassessment of colonialism ... Archaeology and Colonialism is an enjoyable and useful book. Through its concentration on power relations manifest in material culture, it offers a new and stimulating way to approach cultural contact.' Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of Cambridge
' ... a brave and interesting attempt at a new synthesis ...' Ancient West & East
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Archaeology is the only discipline that allows us to take a long-term view across all forms of colonialism, from the Uruk cities of early Mesopotamia, through the empires of the Romans and the Aztecs, to the colonies of modern European states. In this innovative study, Chris Gosden presents a comparative survey of 7000 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.
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The word 'colonialism' is a relatively recent coinage in the English language. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perspectives from archaeology, shared cultural milieu, modern colonialism, historical archaeology, colonial forms, overseas enterprise, terra nullius Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Papua New Guinea, Native Americans, Arnhem Land, Iron Age, Basin of Mexico, West Indies, Great Lakes, Alexander the Great, Bronze Age, Early Dynastic, Industrial Revolution, Cape Town, John Locke, Julius Caesar, New England, Second World War, Moses Finley, New Britain, New York, Third World New!
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The word 'colonialism' is a relatively recent coinage in the English language. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perspectives from archaeology, shared cultural milieu, modern colonialism, historical archaeology, colonial forms, overseas enterprise, terra nullius Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Papua New Guinea, Native Americans, Arnhem Land, Iron Age, Basin of Mexico, West Indies, Great Lakes, Alexander the Great, Bronze Age, Early Dynastic, Industrial Revolution, Cape Town, John Locke, Julius Caesar, New England, Second World War, Moses Finley, New Britain, New York, Third World New!
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- Native Americans (Sacred Symbols Series) by Mark Lehner on page 83, and page 85
- The Oxford History of New Zealand by W. H. Oliver in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire by Hans J. Eysenck on page 93, and Back Matter
- The Faerie Queene (Penguin Classics) by Edmund Spenser on page 124
- Roman Britain (BBC Fact Finders) by Jenny Hall in Back Matter
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