Charles E. Orser Jr., distinguished professor of anthropology at Illinois State University, is the author of Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation, and the founding editor of the International Journal of Historical Archaeology.

Orser's analysis of race and racialization as ongoing historical processes liberates us from the commonly accepted idea that race is a fixed social reality. In examining the material lives of the Irish in New York and the Chinese in California, Orser demonstrates the vast impact that the process of racialization has had on immigrant communities in the United States. A must read for any historical archaeologist seriously interested in understanding the meanings of race and ethnicity. - James A. Delle, Kutztown University

Charles E. Orser Jr., distinguished professor of anthropology at Illinois State University, is the author of Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation, and the founding editor of the International Journal of Historical Archaeology.

Orser's analysis of race and racialization as ongoing historical processes liberates us from the commonly accepted idea that race is a fixed social reality. In examining the material lives of the Irish in New York and the Chinese in California, Orser demonstrates the vast impact that the process of racialization has had on immigrant communities in the United States. A must read for any historical archaeologist seriously interested in understanding the meanings of race and ethnicity. - James A. Delle, Kutztown University

Charles E. Orser Jr., distinguished professor of anthropology at Illinois State University, is the author of Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation, and the founding editor of the International Journal of Historical Archaeology.

Orser's analysis of race and racialization as ongoing historical processes liberates us from the commonly accepted idea that race is a fixed social reality. In examining the material lives of the Irish in New York and the Chinese in California, Orser demonstrates the vast impact that the process of racialization has had on immigrant communities in the United States. A must read for any historical archaeologist seriously interested in understanding the meanings of race and ethnicity. - James A. Delle, Kutztown University