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Barcode31662001758127
LocationWinamac
TitleThe invention of prehistory : empire, violence, and our obsession with human origins / Stefanos Geroulanos. First edition. Ed
AuthorGeroulanos, Stephanos, author.
Call No909 GER
CollectionAdult 900-999
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International Standard Book Number 9781324091455 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1324091452 (hardcover)
Personal Name Geroulanos, Stephanos, author.
Title Statement The invention of prehistory : empire, violence, and our obsession with human origins / Stefanos Geroulanos.
Varying Form of Title Empire, violence, and our obsession with human origins.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice ©2024.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Liverlight Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Physical Description 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent.
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia.
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, Etc. "In this remarkable and enlivening study, Stefanos Geroulanos traces the development of our modern fascination with humanity's deep past, and lays out that fascination's deadly costs." --Amia Srinivasan, author of The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century An eminent historian tells the story of how we came to obsess over the origins of humanity--and how, for three centuries, ideas of prehistory have been used to justify devastating violence against others.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Civilization History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Human beings Origin.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Prehistoric peoples.
Location 909 GER 31662001758127

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