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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Like New. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. "A fascinating account of the linguistic and racial history of Europe and Asia. The Aryans explores the origins and diffusion of the language in which English, together with Classical Greek, Latin and Sanskrit, is heir."
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Good with no dust jacket. 0880291397. B&W photographs and illustrations. Cocked spine. Minor wear to cover edges and to the cover corners. Minor smudges to the edges of textblock and covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; 221 pages.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xiii, [1], 221[1] pages. Illustrations. Bibliographical Note. Index. Ink notation on DJ rear flap. This is one of The History of Civilization series. Vere Gordon Childe (14 April 1892-19 October 1957) was an Australian archaeologist who specialized in the study of European prehistory. He spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, working as an academic for the University of Edinburgh and then the Institute of Archaeology, London, and wrote twenty-six books during his career. He was an early proponent of culture-historical archaeology. One of the best-known and most widely cited archaeologists of the twentieth century, Childe became known as the "great synthesizer" for his work integrating regional research with a broader picture of Near Eastern and European prehistory. He was also renowned for his emphasis on the role of revolutionary technological and economic developments in human society, such as the Neolithic Revolution and the Urban Revolution. In 1926 he published The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins, exploring the theory that civilization diffused northward and westward into Europe from the Near East via an Indo-European linguistic group known as the Aryans; with the ensuing racial use of the term "Aryan" by the German Nazi Party, Childe avoided mention of the book. In his works, Childe accepted a moderate version of diffusionism, the idea that cultural developments diffuse from one place to others, rather than being independently developed in many places. In contrast to the hyper-diffusionism of Grafton Elliot Smith, Childe suggested that although most cultural traits spread from one society to another, it was possible for the same traits to develop independently in different places.
For the reader or researcher interested in pursuing the trail of European languages, patriarchal religions and the genesis of ancient technologies, this book is a good starting point. The reader cannot stop here, but must refer to later texts of the same issues to understand the full scope of these primarily, conjectural matters. For example, the question as to whether Indo-Europeans or Aryans invaded eastern Europe once, on numerous occasions or by a gentle osmosis is left unanswered no matter what text is read. Their point of origination is also still speculative. At least V. Gordon Childe, though dated, will help in framing the parameters of the quest.