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The Archaeology Of Institutional Confine
Eleanor Conlin Casella
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Paperback. States that the study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of relevant sites no longer standing. Asking what archaeological perspectives add to the understanding of such a topic, this book identifies three distinct categories of confinement. Series Editor(s): Nassaney, Michael S. Series: American Experience in Archaeological Perspective. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDD; JKVP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
The study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of relevant sites no longer standing. Asking what archaeological perspectives add to the understanding of such a provocative topic, Eleanor Conlin Casella describes multiple sites and identifies three distinct categories of confinement: places for punishment, for asylum, and for exile. Her discussion encompasses the multifunctional shelters of the colonial era, Civil War prison camps, Japanese-American relocation centers, and the maximum-security detention facilities of the twenty-first century. Her analysis of the material world of confinement takes into account architecture and landscape, food, medicinal ... Read more
The study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of relevant sites no longer standing. Asking what archaeological perspectives add to the understanding of such a provocative topic, Eleanor Conlin Casella describes multiple sites and identifies three distinct categories of confinement: places for punishment, for asylum, and for exile. Her discussion encompasses the multifunctional shelters of the colonial era, Civil War prison camps, Japanese-American relocation centers, and the maximum-security detention facilities of the twenty-first century. Her analysis of the material world of confinement takes into account architecture and landscape, food, medicinal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813031392
SKU
V9780813031392
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About Eleanor Conlin Casella
Eleanor Conlin Casella, senior lecturer in archaeology at the University of Manchester, is the coeditor of Industrial Archaeology: Future Directions and The Archaeology of Plural and Changing Identities.
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