"In a relatively short period of time the pursuit of archaeology has evolved from an antiquarian interest to a specialised scientific activity. Part of this evolution has always included the interest of the public and archaeologists' efforts to educate them. As each new method and technique is developed, and each new specialism is created, the challenge of making archaeology available as a learning resource grows with it. Today, for example, the issues which surround archaeology and heritage, such as the pressures of tourism on sites, now form part of many formal educational curricula. This book, the first to deal with the subject in such depth, examines the place of education and outreach within the wider archaeological community. Written by one of Britain's leading archaeological educationalists, it charts the sometimes difficult and painful growth and development of "education and archaeology". Packed full of informative and enlightening case studies, from the circus at Colchester to Sutton Hoo and Hadrian's Wall, this work examines exactly how we have reached the point we are at, where that place is and suggests areas for future development. By drawing upon many decades of experience at the front line of archaeological education, the author has produced a key text that will play a major role in the on-going development of the heritage industry"--Publisher's website.

In Romancing the Real, Sabra J. Webber argues that folklore--traditional aesthetic culture--is of central importance to the new ethnography

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HOLLYWOOD PLAYGIRL DEBRA LAROCHE? No one has heard from her in weeks. Her former boss, L.A. lawyer Nan Robinson, is certain that Debra would not willingly abandon her divorce proceedings or her Hollywood muscle boys for such a long time without letting someone know. The police hardly care, so troubled Nan undertakes the thankless task of sifting through the flotsam of Debra's headlong existence for clues to her whereabouts. But Debra's Hollywood playmates are cagey. Her abusive husband is of little help. And her concerned colleagues at Malibu's elegant Past Lives Institute are politically nonplussed. Nan feels she's reaching a dead end, and perhaps she will--for a murderer decides that another "disappearance" may soon be necessary: namely Nan's.... "Taffy Cannon, I predict, shortly will be recognized as one of the genre's heavy hitters....Cannon is a gifted writer, adept at plot and people, making her debut an event that readers everywhere should cheer." --The San Diego Union-Tribune

With its careful balance of the social and political dimensions of the American past, "America Past and Present, Sixth Edition, Volume B" helps readers grasp the scope and the complexity of American history from 1848 to 1920. This book integrates political, diplomatic, social, cultural and economic history into one rich narrative that tells the story of all Americans-whites, blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, women, politicians, business leaders, and the everyday person on the street. For anyone interested in American history from 1848 to 1920.

Retrospective Hallucination.............In Newly Decolonized India, Popular Film Found Itself At The Center Of The Celebration Of New Nationhood. Pranja Paramita Parasher Traces The Politics Of Representation, Who Is Acknowledged And Who Is Left Out, And Offers A Retrospective Glimpse Into The Aporias And Elisions Which Surround The Projection Of A Unified National Self. The Filmic Experience Is Visual, And Its Growing Library Forms An Archive Which Calls Into Question The Meaning Of History And Thus Allows Us To Imagine, To See, What Has Not Yet Been Thought. Review 1947'S Patriotic Self And It Is Gender'S Hollow Image That Is Most Haunting. Where Is Echo? Asks Gayatri Spivak Of Narcissism. From Replies And Silences Fixed In Film Records, Dr. Parasher Posits Echoes, Lost Stories Whose Dense Occupation Of Shadow Space Provides The Luminosity For Film'S Distracting Power, Radiant And Seductive In Its Absolute Control Of Reflected Light.