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64 pp.
| Bedrick |
October, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-87226-610-9$$19.95
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4-6
Reading this book is like attending a museum exhibit: well-organized divisions, though less sweeping in social coverage than promised, briefly introduce subjects ranging from "the First Dynasties" to "Women." But the remainder of each page is so full of photos and drawings, intelligently captioned, that the details can become overwhelming. Well-chosen and handsomely reproduced artifacts absorb the reader further. Ind.