Living on the Boott: Historical Archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouse - Softcover

Mrozowski, Stephen A.; Etc.; Ziesing, Grace H.; Beaudry, Mary C.

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ISBN 10: 1558490353 ISBN 13: 9781558490352

Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996

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Reseña del editor

This book provides an excellent introduction to the field of historical archaeology. Using a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, the authors create a fresh portrait of nineteenth-century domestic life in the company-owned boardinghouses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. From a compendious three-volume site report the authors have distilled the essence of their findings. They discuss the methods and theory of historical archaeology and demonstrate its strengths and limitations in the examination of Lowell. Combining documentary evidence, oral and architectural history, and environmental and material culture studies, they trace the deterioration of living conditions for mill workers and their families as owners began substituting native-born employees with immigrant laborers. The detection of environmental decay and its implications for the health and well-being of the boardinghouse populations offer a compelling illustration of how information deduced from historical archaeology can augment and modify findings based on conventional historical documents.

Biografía del autor

Mary C. Beaudry is associate professor of archaeology and anthropology at Boston University.

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• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1558490353
• ISBN 13: 9781558490352
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128