Marxist Perspectives in Archaeology (New Directions in Archaeology) - Softcover

Spriggs, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521109272 ISBN 13: 9780521109277

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 07 2009 Pages: 172 Publisher: Camidge. University Press Marxist theory has been an Undercurrent in Western social science since the late nineteenth century. It came into. Prominence In the social sciences in the 1960s and 1970s and has had a profound effect on history. sociology and anthropology. This book represents an attempt to gather together Marxist perspectives in archaeology and to examine whether indeed they represent advances in archaeological theory. The papers in this volume look forward to the growing use of Marxist theory by archaeologists; as well as enriching archaeology as a discipline they have important implications for sociology and anthropology through the addition of a long-term. historical perspective. This is a book primarily for undergraduates and research students and their teachers in departments of archaeology and anthropology ...

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Book Description:

Marxist theory has been an undercurrent in western social science since the late nineteenth century. It came into prominence in the social sciences in the 1960s and 1970s and has had a profound effect on history, sociology and anthropology. This book represents an attempt to gather together Marxist perspectives in archaeology and to examine whether indeed they represent advances in archaeological theory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521109272
• ISBN 13: 9780521109277
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168