Reconstructing Contexts : The Aims and Principles of Archaeo-Historicism, Hardcover by Hume, Robert D., ISBN 0198186320, ISBN-13 9780198186328, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book attempts to justify and theorize old historicism, defining archaeo-historicism as a method by which scholars can reconstruct past context in order to apply it to the interpretation of works and events of that time. In this intriguing and rigorous analysis, Robert Hume identifies legitimate objects for reconstruction by which such interpretation may be pursued. Th offers a profusion of examples of good and bad historicist reconstruction and interpretation.