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Puritans in Babylon: The Ancient Near East and American Intellectual Life, 1880-1930
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Puritans in Babylon: The Ancient Near East and American Intellectual Life, 1880-1930
Contributors:
By (Author) Bruce Kuklick
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
11th February 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Ancient history
History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period
Archaeology by period / region
History of ideas
Dewey:
973.8
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
272
Dimensions:
Width 203mm, Height 254mm
Description
From the 1880s through the 1920s a motley collection of American scholars, soldiers of fortune, institutional bureaucrats, and financiers created the academic fields that give us our knowledge of the ancient Near East. Bruce Kuklick's new book begins with the story of the initial adventure of these determined investigators--a twelve-year dig near t
