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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shackel, Paul A.

Series:

American experience in archaeological perspective.

The American experience in archaeological perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial archaeology--United States.

Industrial archaeology.

Historic sites--United States.

Historic sites.

Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Material culture--United States--History.

Material culture.

Labor--United States--History.

Labor.

Working class--United States--History.

Working class.

Labor movement--United States--History.

Labor movement.

United States--Antiquities.

United States.

United States--History, Local.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happens, though, when we take a closer look at the archaeological record? That is the focus of Paul Shackel's new book, which examines labor and working-class life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century industrial America.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4029-9

OCLC:

763157812