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From archaeology to spectacle in Victorian Britain : the case of Assyria, 1845-1854
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- Creator
- Shawn Malley
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781409426899, 1409426890, 1409426904, 9781409426905
- OCLC
- ocn751922119, ocn772513647
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-193) and index.
- Introduction: Opening the Layard Box -- Layard Enterprise : An Archaeology of Informal Imperialism -- Re-membering Assyria : The Case of the Bull and Lion -- Theatre/Archaeology : Sardanapalus, 1853 -- In the Shadow of the Bull : Archaeology, War, Entropy -- Precession of the Bull : Simulated Assyria -- Conclusion: Digging up the Future : Assyria in Science Fiction
Subjects
- Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894.
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- History -- 19th century.
- Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
- Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Assyria -- Antiquities.
- Assyria -- Foreign public opinion, British.
- Assyria -- In popular culture.