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Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination (Record no. 3047)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781780222448
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 942
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Morris, Richard
9 (RLIN) 368288
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Orion Publishing Co;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 384 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A personal and lyrical rediscovery of the history of England through archaeology and the imagination. History thrives on stories. TIME'S ANVIL explores archaeology's influence on what such stories say, how they are told, who tells them and how we listen. In a dazzlingly wide-ranging exploration, Richard Morris casts fresh light on three quarters of a million years of history in the place we now think of as England. Drawing upon genres that are usually pursued in isolation - like biography, poetry, or physics - he finds potent links between things we might imagine to be unrelated. His subjects range from humanity's roots to the destruction of the wildwood, from the first farmers to industrialization, and from Tudor drama to 20th-century conflict. Each topic sits at a different point along the continuum between epoch and the fleeting moment. In part, this is a history of archaeology; in part, too, it is a personal account of the author's history in archaeology. But mainly it is about how the past is read, and about what we bring to the reading as well as what we find. The result is a book that defies categorisation, but one which will by turns surprise, enthrall and provoke anyone who cares for England, who we are and where we have come from. TIME'S ANVIL was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element England
9 (RLIN) 368289
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Archaeology
9 (RLIN) 368290
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Topical term or geographic name entry element British & Irish history
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi History 02/07/2016   942 PKLC007669 16/09/2016 02/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 20/04/2016   942 PKLC024049 20/04/2016 20/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17