The invention of prehistory : empire, violence, and our obsession with human origins /
Geroulanos, Stefanos, 1979-
The invention of prehistory : empire, violence, and our obsession with human origins / Stefanos Geroulanos. - First edition. - 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
9781324091455 1324091452
Civilization--History.
Human beings--Origin.
Prehistoric peoples.
The invention of prehistory : empire, violence, and our obsession with human origins / Stefanos Geroulanos. - First edition. - 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
9781324091455 1324091452
Civilization--History.
Human beings--Origin.
Prehistoric peoples.