Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology)

American things, American material culture, and American archaeology are the themes of this book. The authors use goods used or made in America to illuminate issues such as tenancy, racism, sexism, and regional bias. Contributors utilize data about everyday objects - from tin cans and bottles to namebrand items, from fish bones to machinery - to analyze the way American capitalism works. Their cogent analyses take us literally from broken dishes to the international economy. Especially notable chapters examine how an archaeologist formulates questions about exploitation under capitalism, and how the study of artifacts reveals African-American middle class culture and its response to racism. Setting Some Terms For Historical Archaeologies Of Capitalism / Mark P. Leone -- Why Should Historical Archaeologists Study Capitalism? The Logic Of Question And Answer And The Challenge Of Systemic Analysis / Alison Wylie -- Historical Archaeology And Identity In Modern America / Parker B. Potter -- The Contested Commons : Archaeologies Of Race, Repression, And Resistance In New York City / Terrence W. Epperson -- Ex Occidente Lux? : An Archaeology Of Later Capitalismin The Nineteenth-century West / Margaret Purser -- Archaeology And The Challenges Of Capitalist Farm Tenancy In America / Charles E. Orser, Jr. -- A Bold And Gorgeous Front : The Contradictions Of African American And Consumer Culture / Paul R. Mullins -- Ceramics From Annapolis, Maryland : A Measure Of The Time Routines And Work Discipline / Mark P. Leone -- Historical, Archaeology, Capitalism / Matthew Johnson. Edited By Mark P. Leone And Parker B. Potter, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Setting Some Terms for Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism....Pages 3-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-22 Why Should Historical Archaeologists Study Capitalism?....Pages 23-50 Historical Archaeology and Identity in Modern America....Pages 51-79 The Contested Commons....Pages 81-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-113 Ex Occidente Lux?....Pages 115-141 Archaeology and the Challenges of Capitalist Farm Tenancy in America....Pages 143-167 “A Bold and Gorgeous Front”....Pages 169-193 Ceramics from Annapolis, Maryland: A Measure of Time Routines and Work Discipline....Pages 195-216 Front Matter....Pages 217-218 Historical, Archaeology, Capitalism....Pages 219-232 Back Matter....Pages 233-248