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Author Hare, J. Laurence, author.

Title Excavating nations : archaeology, museums, and the German-Danish borderlands / J. Laurence Hare
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series German and European studies ; 18
German and European studies ; 18.
Contents Introduction -- Antiquarians and patriots -- National prehistories in the German-Danish wars -- Discovery and rediscovery at Haithabu -- Nationalism, science, and the search for origins -- Prehistory and the popular imagination -- Creating Nazi archaeology -- The fate of archaeology in the borderlands -- Conclusion
Summary "Excavating Nations traces the history of archaeology and museums in the contested German-Danish borderlands from the emergence of antiquarianism in the early nineteenth-century to German-Danish reconciliation after the Second World War. J. Laurence Hare reveals how the border regions of Schleswig-Holstein and Sønderjylland were critical both to the emergence of professional prehistoric archaeology and to conceptions of German and Scandinavian origins. At the center of this process, Hare argues, was a cohort of amateur antiquarians and archaeologists who collaborated across the border to investigate the ancient past but were also complicit in its appropriation for nationalist ends. Excavating Nations follows the development of this cross-border network over four generations, through the unification of Germany and two world wars. Using correspondence and site reports from museum, university, and state archives across Germany and Denmark, Hare shows how these scholars negotiated their simultaneous involvement in nation-building projects and in a transnational academic community."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes J. Laurence Hare is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Arkansas
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Subject Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History
Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Denmark -- History
Archaeology and state -- Germany -- History
Archaeology and state -- Denmark -- History
Borderlands -- Germany -- History
Borderlands -- Denmark -- History
National characteristics, German -- History
National characteristics, Danish -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
HISTORY -- General.
Archaeology and state
Archaeology -- Political aspects
Borderlands
National characteristics, Danish
National characteristics, German
Denmark
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442616950
1442616954