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Thomas Patterson. Marx's Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists. Oxford/New York: Berg, 2003. 204 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2005

Augustin F. C. Holl
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Extract

The book Marx's Ghosts: Conversations with Archaeologists by Thomas Patterson is divided into five chapters with a preface and an introduction. It opens with an autobiographical preface that spells out the author's encounter with Marxism, from his young years in California to academia on the East coast, at Harvard and Temple, and finally, back to the West coast at University of California–Riverside. The book's aim is clearly stated in the introduction: to explore the many dimensions of Marxism in archaeological practice and discourse on two principal topics—the rise of civilization and the origins of states.

Type
CSSH Discussion
Copyright
© 2005 Society for Comparative Study of Society and History

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