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Author Thornton, Amara, author

Title Archaeologists in print : publishing for the people / Amara Thornton
Published London : UCL Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of figures; 1 Scripting Spadework; Developing scripting spadework; A wider context; 2 Defining the Archaeologist; Educating and training archaeologists; 'Professional' aspirations; Going abroad; Returning home; Looking back; 3 The Women Who Did; Perambulating lady lecturers; Women abroad; Women's site stories; 4 Marketing the Archaeologist; Archaeology in the news; Archaeology as a serial; 5 Scripting and Selling Archaeology; Book series and archaeology; Archaeology in universal libraries
Circulation and readership6 John Murray; Mary Brodrick; David George Hogarth; 7 Macmillan & Co; The Gardners and the House of Macmillan; Touring Greece; Hogarth and the House of Macmillan; 8 Penguin; The first archaeological Pelicans; 'Pelican Archaeologies'; 9 Archaeological Fictions; Archaeological romance; Fantastical horror and archaeology; Archaeological crime; 10 Epilogue; Appendix: Archaeologist-Authors; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Archaeologists in Print is a history of popular publishing in archaeology in the 19th and 20th centuries, a pivotal period of expansion and development in both archaeology and publishing. It examines how archaeologists produced books and popular articles for a non-scholarly audience, and explores the rise in archaeologists' public visibility
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Archaeology -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Archaeology -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Archaeology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Archaeology -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Literature & literary studies.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literary studies: general.
History.
Archaeology.
Publishing industry & book trade.
Archaeology.
Archaeology -- Publishing.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787352575
1787352579
9781787352582
1787352587