Tales of Gotham, Historical Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Microhistory of New York City (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Historical Archaeology of New York City is a collection of narratives about people who lived in New York City during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, people whose lives archaeologists have encountered during excavations at sites where these people lived or worked. The stories are ethnohistorical or microhistorical studies created using archaeological and documentary data. As microhistories, they are concerned with particular people living at particular times in the past within the framework of world events. The world events framework will be provided in short introductions to chapters grouped by time periods and themes. The foreword by Mary Beaudry and the afterword by LuAnne DeCunzo bookend the individual case studies and add theoretical weight to the volume. Historical Archaeology of New York City focuses on specific individual life stories, or stories of groups of people, as a way to present archaeological theory and research. Archaeologists work with material culture-artifacts-to recreate daily lives and study how culture works; this book is an example of how to do this in a way that can attract people interested in history as well as in anthropological theory.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Meta F. Janowitz • Diane Dallal
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	369
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-5271-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-4614-5271-6
Barcode:	9781461452713

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