An Archaeology of Improvement in Rural Massachusetts Landscapes of Profit and Betterment at the Dawn of the 19th century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Quentin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XIII, 236 p. 31 illus., 28 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22105-2
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Improvement as archaeological subject
  • Chapter 1: Rural Life and Historical Archaeology
  • Chapter 2: Improvement, Capitalism, and Landscape Change
  • Part 2: Improving New England at the dawn of the 19th century
  • Chapter 3: Rural New England in Time and Place
  • Chapter 4: Improvement and Agriculture in Massachusetts at the dawn of the 19th century
  • Chapter 5: Excavating the Yeoman: Materializing the idealized people and landscapes of Improvement literature
  • Chapter 6: The E.H. Williams House
  • Chapter 7: The Logic of Improvement in the Williams Yard
  • Chapter 8: Manuring and the political economy of Improvement
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion
  • Appendix: The archaeology of the EH Williams House.