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1st ed.

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021

1 online resource (137 pages)

ISBN 9780813057774 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780813066844

Print version: Webster, Maud Heritage and the Existential Need for History Gainesville : University Press of Florida,c2021 ISBN 9780813066844

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Prologue: Cy Twombly’s Longing -- Introduction: About This Book -- 1. On Being in Time: History, Death, Text -- History as Therapy -- The Matter of Literacy -- 2. Archaeological Cases: Blood from Stone -- Justifying the Present -- Picking Up and Starting Over -- 3. Historical Cases: Contextualizing the Self -- World of Letters -- Taking in Pictures and Places -- By Way of a Conclusion: The Heart of the Matter -- Notes -- References -- Index.

In a sweeping survey of archaeological sites dating from a span of thousands of years and located across continents, this book asks fundamental questions about the place of cultural heritage in Western society..

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(OCoLC)1200038110