Lewis, Quentin,

An archaeology of improvement in rural massachusetts : landscapes of profit and betterment at the dawn of the 19th century / Quentin Lewis. - 1st ed. 2016. - xiii, 236 páginas : 31 ilustraciones, 28 ilustraciones en color. - Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology, 1574-0439 .

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Preface -- Part 1: Improvement as archaeological subject -- Chapter 1: Rural Life and Historical Archaeology -- Chapter 2: Improvement, Capitalism, and Landscape Change -- Part 2: Improving New England at the dawn of the 19th century -- Chapter 3: Rural New England in Time and Place -- Chapter 4: Improvement and Agriculture in Massachusetts at the dawn of the 19th century -- Chapter 5: Excavating the Yeoman: Materializing the idealized people and landscapes of Improvement literature -- Chapter 6: The E.H. Williams House -- Chapter 7: The Logic of Improvement in the Williams Yard -- Chapter 8: Manuring and the political economy of Improvement -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Appendix: The archaeology of the EH Williams House.

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