{"product_id":"selective-remembrances-philip-l-kohl-9780226450599","title":"Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts","description":"When political geography changes, how do reorganized or newly formed states justify their rule and create a sense of shared history for their people? Often, the essays in \u003ci\u003eSelective Remembrances \u003c\/i\u003ereveal, they turn to archaeology, employing the field and its findings to develop nationalistic feelings and forge legitimate distinctive national identities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining such relatively new or reconfigured nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, \u003ci\u003eSelective Remembrances\u003c\/i\u003e shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims to ancestral homelands. Religion has long played a key role in such efforts, and the contributors take care to demonstrate the tendency of many people, including archaeologists themselves, to view the world through a religious lens--which can be exploited by new regimes to suppress objective study of the past and justify contemporary political actions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wide geographic and intellectual range of the essays in \u003ci\u003eSelective Remembrances\u003c\/i\u003e will make it a seminal text for archaeologists and historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip L. Kohl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226450597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226450599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.42w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009","brand":"Philip L. Kohl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685594288383,"sku":"9780226450599","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c850bc3-0fdc-4ba1-b31f-ac585ad19c97.jpg?v=1741726192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selective-remembrances-philip-l-kohl-9780226450599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}