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100	1		_aGosden, Chris, _d1955- _4aut.
240	1	0	_aHistory of magic.
245	1	0	_aMagic : _ba history: from alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present / _cChris Gosden.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c[2020]
264		4	_c©2020.
300			_axix, 482 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
500			_aOriginally published in Great Britain as "The history of magic: from Alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present by Viking, 2020.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 437-449) and index.
505	0	0	_t1. What is magic and why is it important? -- _t2. The deep history of magic (c. 40,000-6000 BCE) -- _t3. The magic of cities: Mesopotamia and Egypt (4000 -1000 BCE) -- _t4. Chinese magic: deep participation (c. 20,000 BCE-present) -- _t5. Shamanism and magic on the Eurasian Steppe (c. 4000 BCE-present) -- _t6. Magical traditions in prehistoric Europe (10,000-0 BCE) -- _t7. Jewish, Greek and Roman magic (c. 1000 BCE-1000 CE) -- _t8. The magics of Africa, Australia and the Americas -- _t9. Medieval and modern magic in Europe (500 CE-present) -- _t10. Modern and future magic -- _tTimeline: Global history of magic -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tAcknowledgements -- _tIndex.
520			_aAn Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic, the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior, and its resurgence today -- publisher.
546			_aBritish English.
650		0	_aMagic.
650		0	_aMagic _xHistory.
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