Defining moments : dramatic archaeologies of the twentieth-century
Schofield, John
Defining moments : dramatic archaeologies of the twentieth-century edited by John Schofield - Oxford Archaeopress 2009 - 164p. Pbk Oversize - BAR international series ; 2009 Studies in contemporary and historical archaeology ; 5 BAR international series ; 2005 .
Drama and the moment / John Schofield -- Marconie's first transatlantic wireless message / Cassie Newland -- The case of the RMS Titanic / David Miles -- The Battle of the Somme and the machine gun myth / Paul Cornish -- The discovery of insulin / E.M. Tansey -- From Ally Pally to Big Brother: television makes viewers of us all / Martin Brown -- The introduction of compulsory driving tests in the United Kingdom: the neglected role of the state in motoring / John Beech -- Commentary: visions of the twentieth century / Cornelius Holtorf -- Operation Chastise: the raid on the German dams / Richard Morris -- Because it's there: the ascent of Everest / Paul Graves-Brown -- The Space Age begins: the launch of Sputnik I, Earth's first artificial satellite / Greg Fewer -- Proclamation 43 / Martin Hall -- The Library of Babel: origins of the World Wide Web / Paul Graves-Brown -- The murder of Matthew Wayne Shepard: an archaeologist's personal defining moment / Thomas Dowson -- "Three, two, one...?": the material legacy of global millennium celebrations / Rodney Harrison -- Conservation and the British / Graham Fairclough.
9781407305813 1407305816
2009529360
Twentieth century
History, Modern - 20th century
History, Modern - 20th century - Antiquities
909.82 SCH
Defining moments : dramatic archaeologies of the twentieth-century edited by John Schofield - Oxford Archaeopress 2009 - 164p. Pbk Oversize - BAR international series ; 2009 Studies in contemporary and historical archaeology ; 5 BAR international series ; 2005 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Drama and the moment / John Schofield -- Marconie's first transatlantic wireless message / Cassie Newland -- The case of the RMS Titanic / David Miles -- The Battle of the Somme and the machine gun myth / Paul Cornish -- The discovery of insulin / E.M. Tansey -- From Ally Pally to Big Brother: television makes viewers of us all / Martin Brown -- The introduction of compulsory driving tests in the United Kingdom: the neglected role of the state in motoring / John Beech -- Commentary: visions of the twentieth century / Cornelius Holtorf -- Operation Chastise: the raid on the German dams / Richard Morris -- Because it's there: the ascent of Everest / Paul Graves-Brown -- The Space Age begins: the launch of Sputnik I, Earth's first artificial satellite / Greg Fewer -- Proclamation 43 / Martin Hall -- The Library of Babel: origins of the World Wide Web / Paul Graves-Brown -- The murder of Matthew Wayne Shepard: an archaeologist's personal defining moment / Thomas Dowson -- "Three, two, one...?": the material legacy of global millennium celebrations / Rodney Harrison -- Conservation and the British / Graham Fairclough.
9781407305813 1407305816
2009529360
Twentieth century
History, Modern - 20th century
History, Modern - 20th century - Antiquities
909.82 SCH