Overview
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.
- | Author: Chris Gosden
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 202 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521782643
- | ISBN-13: 9780521782647
