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2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Pyne, Lydia V., author.
Title:	Genuine fakes : how phony things teach us about real stuff / Lydia Pyne.
Publisher, Date:	London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
Description:	304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Summary:	Hstorian Pyne explores how the authenticity of eight genuine fakes depends on their unique combinations of history, science, and culture. Drawing from historical archives, interviews, museum exhibits, science fiction as well as her own research, Pyne brings each genuine fake to life through unexpected and often outrageous stories.
Series:	Bloomsbury sigma series Bloomsbury sigma series.
Subjects:	Forgery -- History. Forgery -- Social aspects. Fake news -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-393) and index.
Contents:	Introduction: Warhols without Warhol -- The solemn mockery -- The truth about lying stones -- Carbon copy -- A fake of a different flavour -- Taking a look through Walrus Cam -- The great blue whale -- And now it's the real deal -- The art of making the palaeolithic come to life -- Conclusion: As seen in the British Museum.
ISBN:	1472961838 9781472961839 9781472961822 147296182X
Other Number:	1079865992
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Call Number:	364.163 Pyne

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