Defining moments
Subtitle: dramatic archaeologies of the twentieth-century
By: edited by John Schofield.
Contributors: Schofield, John, 1948-
Series: BAR international series -- 2005; Studies in contemporary and historical archaeology -- 5; BAR international series -- 2009.; Studies in contemporary and historical archaeology -- 5.
Publisher: Archaeopress; British Archaeological Reports; British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781407305813
Subjects: Twentieth century; History, Modern -- 20th century; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Drama and the moment / John Schofield; title: Marconie's first transatlantic wireless message / Cassie Newland; title: The case of the RMS Titanic / David Miles; title: The Battle of the Somme and the machine gun myth / Paul Cornish; title: The discovery of insulin / E.M. Tansey; title: From Ally Pally to Big Brother: television makes viewers of us all / Martin Brown; title: The introduction of compulsory driving tests in the United Kingdom: the neglected role of the state in motoring / John Beech; title: Commentary: visions of the twentieth century / Cornelius Holtorf; title: Operation Chastise: the raid on the German dams / Richard Morris; title: Because it's there: the ascent of Everest / Paul Graves-Brown; title: The Space Age begins: the launch of Sputnik I, Earth's first artificial satellite / Greg Fewer; title: Proclamation 43 / Martin Hall; title: The Library of Babel: origins of the World Wide Web / Paul Graves-Brown; title: The murder of Matthew Wayne Shepard: an archaeologist's personal defining moment / Thomas Dowson; title: "Three, two, one...?": the material legacy of global millennium celebrations / Rodney Harrison; title: Conservation and the British / Graham Fairclough.