Format:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780813040363
Series Statement:
American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
Content:
Americans have long identified themselves with material goods. In this study, Paul Mullins sifts through this continent's historical archaeological record to trace the evolution of North American consumer culture.
Content:
Cvr -- Table of Contents v -- List of Figures vii -- Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xiii -- Introduction: Toward a Historical Archaeology of Consumption 1 -- 1 The Faces of Wealth 13 -- 2 Emulation and Desire 42 -- 3 Consuming Morals, Materialism, and Refinement 75 -- 4 Consuming Politics and Identity 105 -- 5 The Materiality of Domesticity and Victorian Marketing 146 -- Conclusion: Archaeologies of Consumption 174 -- References 179 -- Index 209.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813037509
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813037509
Language:
English
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