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Magic : a history : from alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374200121
- ISBN: 0374200122
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Physical Description:
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xix, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 2020 by Viking, Great Britain, as The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-449) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is magic and why is it important? -- The deep history of magic (c. 40,000-6000 BCE) -- The magic of cities: Mesopotamia and Egypt (4000 -1000 BCE) -- Chinese magic: deep participation (c. 20,000 BCE-present) -- Shamanism and magic on the Eurasian Steppe (c. 4000 BCE-present) -- Magical traditions in prehistoric Europe (10,000-0 BCE) -- Jewish, Greek and Roman magic (c. 1000 BCE-1000 CE) -- The magics of Africa, Australia and the Americas -- Medieval and modern magic in Europe (500 CE-present) -- Modern and future magic -- Timeline: Global history of magic. |
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| Subject: | Magic History HISTORY / Social History SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social RELIGION / History Magic |
| Genre: | History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 133.4309 GOS (Text) | 000160207 | Nonfiction | Available | - |