The archaeology of capitalism in colonial contexts : postcolonial historical archaeologies / Sarah K. Croucher, Lindsay Weiss, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Croucher, Sarah K.

Weiss, Lindsay

Society for Historical Archaeology. Conference (2008 : Albuquerque, N.M.)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Contributions to global historical archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology and history--Congresses.

Archaeology and history.

Social archaeology--Congresses.

Social archaeology.

Material culture--Congresses.

Material culture.

Capitalism--History--Congresses.

Capitalism.

Archaeology--Social aspects--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Political aspects--Congresses.

Postcolonialism--Congresses.

Postcolonialism.

Archaeology--Political aspects.

Archaeology--Social aspects.

History.

Genre:

Kongress -- Albuquerque (NM) -- 2008.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2011.

Contents:

The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts, an Introduction: Provincializing Historical Archaeology / Sarah K. Croucher and Lindsay Weiss

Precolonial Encounters at Tamál-Húye: An Event-Oriented Archaeology in Sixteenth-Century Northern California / Matthew A. Russell

Subduing Tendencies? Colonialism, Capitalism, and Comparative Atlantic Archaeologies / Audrey Horning

Ethnicity and Periphery: The Archaeology of Identity in Russian America / Aron L. Crowell

Building Farmsteads in the Desert: Capitalism, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Rural Landscapes in Late Ottoman Period Transjordan / Lynda Carroll

Uneven Topographies: Archaeology of Plantations and Caribbean Slave Economies / Mark W. Hauser

A Life on Broken China: Figuring Senses of Capitalism in Late Nineteenth-Century Bogotá / Felipe Gaitán-Ammann

Exchange Values: Commodities, Colonialism, and Identity on Nineteenth Century Zanzibar / Sarah K. Croucher

"In [Them] We Will Find Very Desirable Tributaries for Our Commerce": Cash Crops, Commodities, and Subjectivities in Siin (Senegal) During the Colonial Era / François G. Richard

Fictive Capital and Artifacts: The Diamond Rush of Nineteenth-Century South Africa / Lindsay Weiss

Considering Colonialism and Capitalism in Australian Historical Archaeology: Two Case Studies of Culture Contact from the Pastoral Domain / Alistair G. Paterson

Infrastructure and the Conduct of Government: Annexation of the Eastport Community into the City of Annapolis During the Twentieth Century / Matthew Palus

New Subjectivities: Capitalist, Colonial Subject, and Archaeologist / Martin Hall.

Notes:

Results from a session at the 2008 Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Albuquerque, N.M.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781461401919

1461401917

9781461401926

1461401925

OCLC:

761223246

Publisher Number:

99945102320