Discovery of the Past by Alain Schnapp

Discovery of the Past

Alain Schnapp

384 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Every civilized society, beginning with that of the ancient Egyptians and Chinese, has entertained a passionate curiosity about its predecessors: we want to know about our past in order to understand and even manipulate our present. The means to t...

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