A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, Indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp / / Daniel Sayers

• Autore: Sayers Daniel O.
• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.5/523
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.); Natural history - Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
• Soggetto geografico: Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Great Dismal Swamp landscape, then and now -- Alienation: a foundational concept -- The architecture of alienation in modern history -- The documented Great Dismal Swamp, 1585-1860 -- Scission communities, canal company laborer communities, and interpretations of their archaeological -- Presence in the Great Dismal Swamp -- Two hundred and fifty years of community praxis in the Great Dismal Swamp: some concluding thoughts.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sayers examines the Great Dismal Swamp's archaeological record from ca. 1600 until the time of the Civil War, exposing and unraveling the complex social and economic systems developed by the thousands of Indigenous Americans, Africa American maroons, free African Americans, enslaved company workers, and outcast Europeans who made the Swamp their home.
• Titolo autorizzato: A desolate place for a defiant people
• ISBN: 0-8130-5060-X; 0-8130-5524-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787264203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II