Read Online Indiana Jones in History From Pompeii to the Moon Justin M Jacobs Bob McLain 9781683900993 Books

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Before the next Indiana Jones movie arrives, read how Lucas and Spielberg dreamed up the adventurer who carries the franchise. Interestingly, Indiana Jones is a stereotype of earlier action figures of fiction. But thereâ€™s a golden thread you can follow to the real gentlemen and explorers who ventured into ancient or desolate places to bring back and preserve antiquities of fallen empires and distant civilizations. The historical Indiana Jones was anyone who transported artifacts across cultural and ethnic boundaries in the name of science and empire. Thus, professor Justin Jacobs, a China expert, tells a history of Western Civilization through its most famous museum collections. Over time, the image of those antiquity collectors, those Indiana Joneses, shifts as their motives are exposed under the light of critical analysis. Restless natives assert ownership, end plunder and decide that if something belongs in a collection, it ought to be in their own nation. Full of fascinating tidbits, this book is also solid scholarship. Along with an accompanying series on YouTube, it would make an entertaining course for schools or teachers to offer students. â€œIndian Jones in Historyâ€ will change the way you think about museums, science and the next movie.