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The archaeology of smoking and tobacco / Georgia L. Fox ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.
Penn Museum Library HV5760 .F69 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Georgia Lynne, 1954-
- Series:
- American experience in archaeological perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tobacco use--United States--History.
- Tobacco use.
- Smoking--United States--History.
- Smoking.
- Tobacco industry--United States--History.
- Tobacco industry.
- Tobacco--History.
- Tobacco.
- History.
- Archaeology and history--United States.
- Archaeology and history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2015.
- Summary:
- This book discusses how historical archaeology is well positioned to explore the role that tobacco and smoking played in the formation of American identities and cultural practices over a span of three centuries.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Theoretical approaches to studying tobacco and smoking in historical archaeology
- That loathsome weed: the adoption of tobacco and smoking
- The practice and material culture of smoking
- Tobacco: the North American experience
- A pipe-lover's dream: Port Royal, Jamaica, and early tobacco use in British America
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813060415
- 0813060419
- OCLC:
- 873006046
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