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  • af Michael S. Nassaney
    323,95 - 896,95 kr.

    The North American fur trade left an enduring material legacy of the complex interactions between natives and Europeans. The demand for pelts and skins transformed America, helping to fuel the Age of Discovery and, later, Manifest Destiny. By synthesizing its social, economic, and ideological effects, Nassaney reveals how this extractive economy contributed to the American experience.

  • af Paul J. White
    299,95 - 1.043,95 kr.

    Synthesizing fifty years of research on American mining sites that date from colonial times to the present, Paul White provides an ideal overview of the field for both students and professionals. Case studies are taken from a wide range of contexts, from eastern coal mines to Alaskan gold fields, and special attention is paid to the domestic and working lives of miners.

  • af Todd A. Hanson
    325,95 - 965,95 kr.

    The Cold War remains one of the twentieth century's defining events, possessing broad political, social, and material implications that continue to have impact. In this book, Todd Hanson presents nine case studies of archaeological investigations conducted at historic American Cold War sites, including Bikini Atoll, the Nevada Test Site, and the Cuban sites of the Soviet Missile Crisis.

  • af Deborah L. Rotman
    283,95 - 961,95 kr.

    In this volume, gender roles and relations in Deerfield, Massachusetts, are presented to illustrate the material and spatial expressions of the dominant Anglo-European ideologies (particularly corporate families, republican motherhood, and the cult of domesticity) of each respective time period in historic America.

  • af Georgia L. Fox
    256,95 - 903,95 kr.

    This book discusses how historical archaeology is well positioned to explore the role that tobacco and smoking played in the formation of American identities and cultural practices over a span of three centuries.

  • af Diana diZerega Wall & Nan A. Rothschild
    322,95 - 961,95 kr.

    Gravestones, cemeteries, and memorial markers offer fixed points in time to examine Americans' changing attitudes toward death and dying. In tracing the evolution of commemorative practices from the seventeenth century to the present, Sherene Baugher and Richard Veit offer insights into our transformation from a preindustrial and agricultural to an industrial, capitalist country.

  • af Richard Veit & Sherene Baugher
    322,95 - 961,95 kr.

    From the practices of historic period Native American groups to elite mausoleums, and from almshouse mass graves to the rise in popularity of green burials today, The Archaeology of Cemeteries and Gravemarkers provides an overview of the many facets of this fascinating topic.

  • af Mark D. Groover
    341,95 kr.

    Offers case studies and an overview of trends in farmstead archaeology. This work proposes a research design and makes numerous suggestions for evaluating the significance of farmsteads as an archaeological resource.

  • af Eleanor Conlin Casella
    341,95 kr.

    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.

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