"A far-reaching anthropological study of African and African American religions, German American folkways, and archaeological methodology."--Leland Ferguson, University of South Carolina
"The notion of 'emblematic' vs. 'instrumental' symbolism provides an exciting new model for analyzing material culture and its meanings for the people who produced it and used it."--Anna Sophia Agbe-Davies, DePaul University
Christopher Fennell offers a fresh perspective on ways that the earliest enslaved Africans preserved vital aspects of their traditions and identities in the New World. He also...
"A far-reaching anthropological study of African and African American religions, German American folkways, and archaeological methodology."--Leland...
Creatively drawing on archaeological, architectural, and documentary evidence, this book explores the dynamic strategies employed by German Americans and African Americans in the nineteenth-century American frontier to navigate the exclusionary, exploitative, and insidious forces of the emerging world capitalist system. Frederick H. Smith, author of The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking Two in-depth and insightful case studies investigating how historical archaeologists can contribute to the current dialogues about self-determination and the subversion of elite designs. Timely...
Creatively drawing on archaeological, architectural, and documentary evidence, this book explores the dynamic strategies employed by German Americans ...
