Mogens Trolle Larsen
Autor de The Conquest of Assyria: Excavations in an Antique Land
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Obras de Mogens Trolle Larsen
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Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. (2008) — Contribuidor — 87 copias
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- male
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- Obras
- 10
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 96
- Popularidad
- #196,089
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 23
- Idiomas
- 6
There are some scholarly quibbles. Larsen takes Laylards accounts of his adventures, written for a 19th C popular audience, at face value and in the end tends to have written a hagiography of Laylard. He repeats racists 19th c perspectives about Arabs (stupid, bad workers, etc..). His perspective on the Oriental middle east is likewise outdated calling it "endless, monotonous and flat.. decrepit.. not a nice place to spend the summer or any other time of year." There is no awareness by Larsen of post-colonial views, he seems to favor the 19th c colonial position of superiority. As a story of mystery and adventure it can't be beat, as a scholarly account it repeats old stereotypes that should be retired.… (más)