Timber, Sail, and Rail : An Archaeology of Industry, Immigration, and the Loma Prieta Mill /

While taking a critical look at the labor and social issues related to timber, the story of labor, immigration, and development around the San Francisco Bay region is told through the lens of an archaeological case study of a major player of the timber industry between 1885 and 1920. Timber, Sail, a...

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Autor principal: Meniketti, Marco (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]
Temas:
Lumber trade > California > Loma Prieta > History.
Lumber trade.
Sawmills > California > Loma Prieta > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
1885 to 1920.
archaeological case study.
archaeological fieldwork.
brick manufacturing.
development.
ethnography.
immigration.
industry intersections.
labor issues.
labor.
lesser enterprises.
lime production.
loma prieta mill.
mill operations.
rail companies.
regional archival work.
san francisco bay.
shipping.
social issues.
story of labor.
technology.
timber industry.
timber.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations, Figures, and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction. The Industrial Landscape of Timber
  • Chapter 1. Logging History in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Chapter 2. The Immigration Mosaic of the West
  • Chapter 3. Laboring at Loma Prieta
  • Chapter 4. Archaeology at Loma Prieta Mill
  • Chapter 5. Artifacts: A Window to Life at the Mill
  • Conclusion. Reading Ethnicity and Class
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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