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An Archaeological Study of Rural Capitalism and Material Life. The Gibbs Farmstead in Southern Appalachia, 1790-1920.
Mark D. Groover
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Description for An Archaeological Study of Rural Capitalism and Material Life. The Gibbs Farmstead in Southern Appalachia, 1790-1920.
Paperback. Historical archaeology has largely focused on the study of early military sites and homes of upper class. This book is of interest to historical archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, social historians, and historical sociologists, especially researchers studying the influence of globalization and economic development. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Historical archaeology has largely focused on the study of early military sites and homes of upper class. Research on lower classes was viewed as a supplement to local histories documenting political, military and financial leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries.
An Archaeological Study of Rural Capitalism and Material Life will be of interest to historical archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, social historians, and historical sociologists, especially researchers studying the influence of globalization and economic development upon rural regions like Appalachia.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306477737
SKU
V9780306477737
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Reviews for An Archaeological Study of Rural Capitalism and Material Life. The Gibbs Farmstead in Southern Appalachia, 1790-1920.
From the reviews: "In many respects this is an impressive and groundbreaking study. I have read very few other analyses that have so effectively used 'unremarkable' farmsteads to say something remarkable about historical processes in the U.S. Groover's method of time sequence analysis is promising and worthy of further use and consideration. In sum, this is an important new book ... Read more