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1 online resource (532 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
List of Maps; Epigraph; Note to the Reader; 1. Equipment for a Great Work; 2. What the Monuments Say; 3. Two Years, Three Books, Seven Volumes; 4. Expeditions to Nubia; 5. Spreading Wings; 6. The Near East as a Whole; 7. An Institute, a Calling; 8. Permanence; 9. A Historical Laboratory; Epitaph; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
James Henry Breasted (1865 & ndash;1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of Time magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana Jones & mdash;he was an accomplished scholar, academic entrepreneur, and talented author who brought ancient history to life not just for students but for such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Sigmund Freud. In American Egyptologist, Jeffrey Abt weaves tog. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-488) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935.
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Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935. |
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University of Chicago. Oriental Institute -- History.
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University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. |
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History. |
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Archaeology -- Egypt -- History.
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Archaeology. |
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Egypt. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abt, Jeffrey. American Egyptologist : The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2012 9780226001104 |
| ISBN |
9780226001128 (electronic book) |
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0226001121 (electronic book) |
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9780226001104 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226001105 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1280126531 |
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9781280126536 |
| Standard No. |
9786613530394 |
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