A historical archaeology of Delaware : people, contexts, and the cultures of agriculture /
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| Author / Creator: | De Cunzo, Lu Ann. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2004. |
| Description: | xviii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5158248 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1.. Brokering the Cultures of Delaware's Agricultural Communities: Archaeologists, Merchant-Farmers, and Tenants
- A Discovery
- The Cultures of Agriculture
- The Culture Broker
- Merchants as Brokers
- Brokers and Cultures and "Frivolous Trinkets"
- 2.. Historical Archaeology Lessons from Delaware
- History, the People, the Places
- Managing Delaware's Historical Archaeological Resources
- Delaware History
- Distinctly Delaware
- Lessons in Bridge Building
- 3.. "Progressive" New Castle and Kent's "Golden Opportunity"
- Farming Folks
- The Historic Context
- Agricultural Places
- Archaeology of the Cultures of Agriculture
- 4.. Toward the Cultures of Agriculture
- Encountering the Material World
- Improving Agriculture at the Buchanan-Moffett Farm, 1846-1925
- Remembering an Ogletown Tenant Farm, ca. 1830-1950
- Gone and Almost Forgotten: Remaking the Farm on Muddy Branch, 1850-1900
- Keeping the Gate and Reforming the Farm at Mount Vernon Place, ca. 1844-1890
- 5.. Brokering Culture at the Intersections: Historical Archaeological Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Delaware's Agricultural Communities
- Encountering Race and Ethnicity in the Material World
- Working on Farms: An African American Family at Home, in the Community, and in Global Context, 1875-1922
- Working Other People's Land and Doing Their Laundry on a Christiana Tenancy after the Civil War
- A Home of Their Own, ca. 1887-1915
- Conclusion: An Archaeology of People, Places, Histories, and the Cultures of Agriculture
- Archaeological Perspectives on the Histories of Delaware's People, Places, and Cultures
- Brokering Improvement: Exchange in Delaware's Agricultural Communities
- Dwelling in New Castle and Kent Agricultural Communities, 1830-1940
- Fencing Capitalist Farming
- Reinventing Tradition on the Farm
- Differences of Place
- Differences of Class
- Differences of Race and Ethnicity
- Future Directions in the Historical Archaeology of the Cultures of Agriculture
- Appendix 1.. Jonathon Allee's Purchases, 1809-1810
- Appendix 2.. Benjamin Coombe's Purchases, 1809-1810
- Appendix 3.. Jonathon Allee's Payments Received, 1809-1810
- Appendix 4.. Benjamin Coombe's Payments Received, 1809-1810
- Appendix 5.. Property Types in New Castle and Kent Counties, 1830-1940
- Appendix 6.. Evaluation of Property Types of New Castle and Kent Counties, 1830-1940
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
