Culture Change and the New Technology

An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Av Paul A. Shackel

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Harpers Ferry was one of America's earliest and most significant industrial communities - serving as an excellent example of the changing patterns of human relations that led to dramatic progress in work life and in domestic relations in modern times.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-05-05
Mått155 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt371 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieContributions To Global Historical Archaeology
Antal sidor217
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781475799057

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Industry and Interpreting the Past.- 1. “At the Mercy of the Capitalist”.- 2. “The Most Eligible Spot on the Whole River”: Harpers Ferry—The Early Years.- 3. “Under a Malign Influence”: Factory Discipline, Political Factionalism, Corruption, and the New Technology.- 4. “Their Little Gardens”: Landscapes in an Armory Town.- 5. “Customs and Habits Interwoven with the Very Fibers of Things”: Consumerism among Armory Households.- 6. “Oh! Let Oppression’s Hand Be Stay’d”: The Transformation from Craft to Wage Labor.- 7. “Home...! Refuge from Sadness”.- Appendix: Interviews with Armory Workers, 1842.- References.