The Invention of Prehistory : : Empire, Violence, and our Obsession With Human Origins
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"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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Year Published: 2024
Description: 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781324091455
1324091452
SUBJECTS
Civilization -- History.
Human beings -- Origin.
Prehistoric peoples.