Overview
- Collected papers presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group
- Brings together some of the foremost research and public archaeologists working on industrial archaeology
- Highlights current thinking in industrial archaeology, and explores future theoretical and methodological directions
- Will interest historical and urban archaeologists, historians, preservation agencies, archaeological consultancy groups
Part of the book series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology (CGHA)
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David Cranstone revists earlier debates in the field concerning whether industrial archaeology is best considered a thematic or period discipline and comes down firmly in support of the latter, arguing, in fact, that industrial archaeology should not exist at all. This provocative essay, a standout of the volume, situates industrial archaeology within a broad range of academic contexts, and throws some needed criticism on the tendency for archaeological studies...to jump to the broadest topics (capitalism, colonialism, etc) using highly selective case studies to make assertions that lack analytical rigor....Mary Beaudry's closing commentary, however, ends the volume on a clear note. Beaudry remains wary of calls to unify research into the past under one banner, nothing that the project at hand allows considerable room for different narratives pitched at different analytical scales. She argues further, in agreement with a contributor in this volume, that a key to sustaining the viability of archaeology lies in continuing advocacy not only for the preservation of monuments and landscapes but also of people's lifeways.
Paul White
IA: Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology
vol. 36, no.1
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Industrial Archaeology
Book Subtitle: Future Directions
Editors: Eleanor Conlin Casella, James Symonds
Series Title: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b99735
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-22608-8Published: 03 March 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-22808-2Published: 03 March 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-22831-0Published: 04 January 2007
Series ISSN: 1574-0439
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 321
Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology, Social Sciences, general