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Culture Change and the New Technology

An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Paul A. Shackel

    1. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, USA
      University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology (CGHA)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Paul A. Shackel
    Pages 1-16

  3. “At the Mercy of the Capitalist”

    • Daniel Webster
    Pages 17-26

  4. “The Most Eligible Spot on the Whole River”

    • George Washington
    Pages 27-58

  5. “Under a Malign Influence”

    • George Talcott
    Pages 59-85

  6. “Their Little Gardens”

    • Virginia Free Press
    Pages 87-109

  7. “Customs and Habits Interwoven with the Very Fibers of Things”

    • Benjamin Moor
    Pages 111-145

  8. “Oh! Let Oppression’s Hand Be Stay’d”

    • Virginia Free Press
    Pages 147-162

  9. “Home...! Refuge from Sadness”

    • Lydia H. Sigourney
    Pages 163-176

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 177-217
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About this book

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. In this well-illustrated book, Paul A. Shackel investigates the historical archaeology of Harpers Ferry, revealing the culture change and influence of new technology on workers and their families. He focuses on the contributions of laborers, craftsmen, and other subordinate groups to industrial progress, and examines ethnic and interracial development in an economy that was transformed from craft-based to industrial.

Reviews

“Shackel's Culture change and the new technology turns out actually to be an account of a single site: the town and national armoury at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. … The story is told clearly and accessibly, and with some style. … It is the best example I have read of a theoretically informed approach to ‘industrial archaeology’, and as such deserves to be read by industrial archaeologists everywhere.” (Matthew Johnson, Antiquity, Vol. 71, March, 1997)


`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.'
TheMidden, 30:1 (1998)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, USA

    Paul A. Shackel

  • University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Paul A. Shackel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Culture Change and the New Technology

  • Book Subtitle: An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

  • Authors: Paul A. Shackel

  • Series Title: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9903-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45333-5Published: 31 July 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9905-7Published: 05 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9903-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1574-0439

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 217

  • Topics: Archaeology

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