A struggle for heritage : archaeology and civil rights in a Long Island community / Christopher N. Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Christopher N., 1965- author.

Series:

Cultural heritage studies.

Florida scholarship online.

Cultural heritage studies

Florida scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--New York (State)--Setauket.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Civil rights--New York (State)--Setauket--History.

Civil rights.

Setauket (N.Y.)--History.

Setauket (N.Y.).

Long Island (N.Y.)--History.

Long Island (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021.

Summary:

'A Struggle for Heritage' draws on extensive archaeological, archival, and oral historical research and sets a remarkable standard for projects that engage a descendant community left out of the dominant narrative. Matthews demonstrates how archaeology can be an activist voice for a vulnerable population's civil rights as he brings attention to the continuous, gradual, and effective economic assault on people of color living in a traditional neighborhood amid gentrification. Providing examples of multiple approaches to documenting hidden histories and silenced pasts, this study is a model for public and professional efforts to include and support the preservation of historic communities of color.

Contents:

Introduction: A Long Time Coming

How History Controls the Past

A Counter-Map of Setauket

From Creole Synthesis to Racial Modernity

Archaeological Histories of the Silas Tobias and Jacob and Hannah Hart Sites

Material Histories and the Dynamics of Racism in Setauket

Conclusion: Resistance, History, and Civil Rights

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-5887-2

0-8130-6668-9