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The Importance of British Material Culture to Historical Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century /

"Britain was the industrial and political powerhouse of the nineteenth century--the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and the center of the largest empire of the time. With its broad imperial reach--and even broader indirect influence--Britain had a major impact on nineteenth-century mate...

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Otros Autores: Brooks, Alasdair Mark (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Introduction: The Importance of British Material Culture to Historical Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century / Alasdair Brooks
  • 1. At the Center of the Web : Later Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Ceramics from Huntingdon Town Centre in an International Context / Alasdair Brooks, Aileen Connor, and Rachel Clarke
  • 2. Containers and Teapots : Archaeological Evidence for the Exported Wares of the Caledonian Pottery, Rutherglen, and Its Role in Glasgow's Ceramic International Trade and Industry / Chris Jarrett, Morag Cross, and Alistair Robertson
  • 3. "A Trifling Matter?" : State Branding on Stoneware Bottles, 1812-1834 / Jennifer Basford
  • 4. Uncovering and Recovering Cleared Galloway : The Role of Documents in Rural Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Lowland Scotland / C. Broughton Anderson
  • 5. The Fall of Big Hair : Hair Curlers as Evidence of Changing Fashions / Carolyn L. White
  • 6. Food as Material Culture in a Nineteenth-Century Ecclesiastical Community, Worcester, England / Richard Thomas
  • 7. "Perfection and Economy" : Continuity and Change in Elite Dining Practices, ca. 1780-1880 / Annie Gray
  • 8. Material Culture in Miniature : The Historical Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century Miniature Objects / Ralph Mills
  • 9. Artifacts of Mortuary Practice : Industrialization, Choice, and the Individual / Harold Mytum
  • "Home"-Made : Exploring the Quality of British Domestic Goods in Nineteenth-Century Urban Assemblages / Penny Crook
  • 11. Shadows after Sunset : Imperial Materiality and the Empire's Lost Things / James Symonds.