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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822448203321

Autore

Shackel Paul A

Titolo

The archaeology of American labor and working-class life [[electronic resource] /] / Paul A. Shackel ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2009

ISBN

0-8130-4029-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

The American experience in archaeological perspective

Disciplina

331.0973

Soggetti

Industrial archaeology - United States

Historic sites - United States

Excavations (Archaeology) - United States

Material culture - United States - History

Labor - United States - History

Working class - United States - History

Labor movement - United States - History

United States Antiquities

United States History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cvr""; ""Table of Contents v""; ""List of Figures vii""; ""Foreword ix""; ""Preface xiii""; ""Acknowledgments xvii""; ""Introduction 1""; ""1 World Systems and the Development of Industrial Capitalism 14""; ""2 Surveillance Technologies and Building the Industrial Environment 27""; ""3 Workers Housing in the Late Nineteenth Century 40""; ""4 Power, Resistance, and Alternatives 53""; ""5 Directions for a Labor Archaeology 66""; ""6 Memory, Ruins, and Commemoration 78""; ""Conclusion 91""; ""References Cited 105""; ""Index 133""