Culture Change and the New Technology

• 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.

'An insightful discussion about the implications of social inequality within an industrial society.' Historical Archaeology, 32:2 (1998) 'Interesting and cogent...A useful archaeological reference for the material manifestations of early industrialisation.' The Midden, 30:1 (1998)