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American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute
Jeffrey Abt
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Hardcover. James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. This book weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted's life, from his small-town origins following the Civil War to his evolution into the father of American Egyptology and the founder of the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago. Num Pages: 584 pages, 128 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HDDG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 187 x 262 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1304. The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute. 584 pages, 128 halftones, 4 maps. James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. This book weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted's life, from his small-town origins following the Civil War to his evolution into the father of American Egyptology and the founder of the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: BGH; HDDG. Dimension: 187 x 262 x 41. Weight: 1304.
James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he travelled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of "Time" magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana Jones - he was an accomplished scholar, academic entrepreneur, and talented author who brought ancient history to life not just for students but for such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Sigmund Freud. In "American Egyptologist", Jeffrey Abt weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted's life, ... Read more
James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he travelled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of "Time" magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana Jones - he was an accomplished scholar, academic entrepreneur, and talented author who brought ancient history to life not just for students but for such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Sigmund Freud. In "American Egyptologist", Jeffrey Abt weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted's life, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226001104
SKU
V9780226001104
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About Jeffrey Abt
Jeffrey Abt is associate professor in the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University. He is the author of A Museum on the Verge: A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1885-2000.
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