| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Contents |
Prologue. Things speaking for themselves -- Leaving room to guess -- Ten thousand gimcracks -- Coins : the most vocal monuments -- Manuscripts : burnt to a crust -- Weapons : a wilderness of arms -- Grave goods : the kings' four bodies -- Afterword. The artifactual form. |
| Summary |
"The book is a study of the artifacts that antiquarians (a.k.a. antiquaries) collected in the long eighteenth century. The author considers what objects drew their attention and how they interpreted and wrote about them--in politically charged ways and not with pure historical objectivity as they claimed. The book brings together material studies and literary studies. Part 1 presents a theory of the artifact, and part 2 presents case studies of particular artifacts: coins, manuscripts, weapons, and grave goods"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- History -- 18th century.
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Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Antiquities. |
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Archaeology -- Political aspects -- History -- 18th century.
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Archaeology -- Political aspects. |
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Archaeology. |
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Antiquarians -- 18th century.
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Antiquarians. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781421436494 1421436493 (DLC) 2019017729 (OCoLC)1108810189 |
| ISBN |
9781421436517 (electronic book) |
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1421436515 (electronic book) |
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9781421436494 |
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1421436493 |
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9781421436500 |
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1421436507 |
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