Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Maps -- 1. An Alternative Account of the History of Archaeology in the Nineteenth Century -- PART I. THE EARLY ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS -- 2. Antiquities and Political Prestige in the Early Modern Era -- 3. The Archaeology of the French Revolution -- 4. Archaeology and the 1820 Liberal Revolution: The Past in the Independence of Greece and Latin American Nations -- PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF INFORMAL IMPERIALISM -- 5. Informal Imperialism in Europe and the Ottoman Empire: The Consolidation of the Mythical Roots of the West -- 6. Biblical Archaeology -- 7. Informal Imperialism beyond Europe: The Archaeology of the Great Civilizations in Latin America, China, and Japan -- PART III. COLONIAL ARCHAEOLOGY -- 8. Colonialism and Monumental Archaeology in South and Southeast Asia -- 9. Classical versus Islamic Antiquities in Colonial Archaeology: The Russian Empire and French North Africa -- 10. Colonialism and the Archaeology of the Primitive -- PART IV. NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN EUROPE -- 11. The Early Search for a National Past in Europe (1789-1820) -- 12. Archaeology and the Liberal Revolutions (c. 1820-1860): Nation, Race, and Language in the Study of Europe's Past -- 13. Evolutionism and Positivism (c. 1860-1900) -- 14. Conclusions -- Maps -- References -- Index -- GENERAL -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- X -- Z -- INSTITUTIONS -- A -- C -- E -- F -- I -- J -- L -- M -- S -- U -- NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.