How did the rise of consumer society impact the domestic lives of ordinary workers? Funded by English Heritage, this study offers the first book-length archaeology of a 17th through 20th century household site in Great Britain. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the volume situates the results of traditional archaeological excavations within a broader spectrum of archival sources, family photographs and personal memories of former site residents to consider the dramatic influences of industrialization and subsequent de-industrialisation on the material world of a rural community in...
How did the rise of consumer society impact the domestic lives of ordinary workers? Funded by English Heritage, this study offers the first book-lengt...
The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies explores the complex interplay of colonial and capital formations throughout the modern world. The authors present a critical approach to this topic, trying to shift discourses in the theoretical framework of historical archaeology of capitalism and colonialism through the use of postcolonial theory. This work does not suggest a new theoretical framework as such, but rather suggests the importance of revising key theoretical terms employed within historical archaeology, arguing for new...
The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies explores the complex interplay of colonial and cap...
Within the well-established field of historical archaeology of plantations, this work is unique in focusing on a plantation outside of the Americas. In nineteenth century Zanzibar, clove plantations were established by Omani Arab colonial rulers of the East African coast. This work will explore themes of: capitalism, colonialism, plantation agriculture, African diaspora communities, gender identities, as well as Islamic studies.
Within the well-established field of historical archaeology of plantations, this work is unique in focusing on a plantation outside of the Americas. I...
The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies explores the complex interplay of colonial and capital formations throughout the modern world. The authors present a critical approach to this topic, trying to shift discourses in the theoretical framework of historical archaeology of capitalism and colonialism through the use of postcolonial theory. This work does not suggest a new theoretical framework as such, but rather suggests the importance of revising key theoretical terms employed within historical archaeology, arguing for new...
The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies explores the complex interplay of colonial and cap...
In nineteenth century Zanzibar, clove plantations were established by Omani Arab colonial rulers. This work explores themes of capitalism, colonialism, plantation agriculture, African diaspora communities, gender identities, as well as Islamic studies.
In nineteenth century Zanzibar, clove plantations were established by Omani Arab colonial rulers. This work explores themes of capitalism, colonialism...
