Papers from a Foundations of archaeological inquiry roundtable held in Salt Lake City in early November 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-249) and index.
Contents:
Race and the archaeology of identity in the modern world / Charles E. Orser Jr. -- "An indolent slothfull set of vagabonds": ethnicity and race in a colonial fur-trading community / Elizabeth M. Scott -- African American medicine and the social relations of slavery / Ywone Edwards-Ingram -- "A separate house for the Christian slaves, one for the Negro slaves": the archaeology of race and identity in late seventeenth-century Virginia / Terrence W. Epperson -- Political economy and race: comparative archaeologies of Annapolis and New Orleans in the eighteenth century / Christopher N. Matthews -- The archaeological dimensions of soul food: interpreting race, culture, and Afro-Virginian identity / Maria Franklin -- Race, identity, and Habermas's lifeworld / Laurie A. Wilkie -- The cult of whiteness in western New England / Robert Paynter -- Spirit management among Americans of African descent / Mark P. Leone and Gladys-Marie Fry with assistance from Timothy Ruppel -- Racializing the parlor: race and Victorian bric-a-brak consumption / Paul R. Mullins -- Race, missionaries, and the struggle to free Jamaica / James A. Delle -- Class, race, and identity among free blacks in the Antebellum South / Theresa A. Singleton.
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