TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gosden,Chris
TI  - Magic: a history: from alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present 
SN  - 0374200122
AV  - BF1589 .G67 2020
U1  - 133.4/309 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Magic
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published in Great Britain as "The history of magic: from Alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present by Viking, 2020; Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-449) and index; 1. What is magic and why is it important? --; 2. The deep history of magic (c. 40,000-6000 BCE) --; 3. The magic of cities: Mesopotamia and Egypt (4000 -1000 BCE) --; 4. Chinese magic: deep participation (c. 20,000 BCE-present) --; 5. Shamanism and magic on the Eurasian Steppe (c. 4000 BCE-present) --; 6. Magical traditions in prehistoric Europe (10,000-0 BCE) --; 7. Jewish, Greek and Roman magic (c. 1000 BCE-1000 CE) --; 8. The magics of Africa, Australia and the Americas --; 9. Medieval and modern magic in Europe (500 CE-present) --; 10. Modern and future magic --; Timeline: Global history of magic --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgements --; Index
N2  - An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic, the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior, and its resurgence today -- publisher
ER  -