Stout, Adam.

Creating prehistory Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain / [electronic resource] : Adam Stout. - Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2008. - viii, 318 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-303) and index.

Manufacturing the past : the Victorian background -- Establishing the discipline -- Containing the amateurs -- Making progress -- The politics of socialism -- The diffusion heresy : nurture and the primitive -- Establishing diffusion -- A clash of narratives : diffusion and the archaeologists -- The esoteric revival -- The universal bond -- Stonehenge : a mecca of Celtic idealism -- The aesthetics of order -- The old straight track -- The straight track postal club -- Straight track to beyond -- Visions of civilization.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Anthropology--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Archaeology--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Prehistoric peoples--Great Britain.
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Great Britain.


Great Britain--Antiquities.


Electronic books.

GN17.3.G7 / S86 2008

936.1