Timber, Sail, and Rail

An Archaeology of Industry, Immigration, and the Loma Prieta Mill

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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While taking a critical look at the labor and social issues related to timber, the story of labor, immigration, and development around the San Francisco Bay region is told through the lens of an archaeological case study of a major player of the timber industry between 1885 and1920. Timber, Sail, and Rail recounts the mill operations and broadly examines its intersections with other industries, such as shipping, brick manufacture, rail companies, lime production, and other lesser enterprises. Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork, as well as ethnography and regional archival work, are examined to emphasize technological and labor components at the historic Loma Prieta mill.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-06-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:479 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781789207262

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Marco Meniketti is a Professor and senior archaeologist at San Jose State University in California. He has received the Vogel Prize from the Society for Industrial Archeology and the SJSU College of Social Science award for Excellence in Teaching. From 2017–20 he served as Chair of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology.

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“Although archaeologists have investigated logging sites for several decades, rarely has this work found publication or broader contextualization. In Timber, Sail, and Rail, the author does just this. This book connects the technological and labor histories, and firmly situates archaeological investigations at the Loma Prieta Mill within the regional contexts of immigration and extractive industry.” Paul White, University of Nevada, Reno

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: The Industrial Landscape of TimberChapter 1. Logging History in San Francisco Bay RegionChapter 2. The Immigration Mosaic of the WestChapter 3. Laboring at Loma PrietaChapter 4. Archaeology at Loma Prieta MillChapter 5. Artifacts: A Window to Life at the MillConclusion: Reading Ethnicity and ClassGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex