SOCIAL APPROACHES TO AN INDUSTRIAL PAST by A. Bernard Knapp (Editor), etc. (Editor), Vincent.C Piggott (Editor) ( 9780415181501 )

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Title:

SOCIAL APPROACHES TO AN INDUSTRIAL PAST
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF MINING

By:

A. Bernard Knapp (Editor), etc. (Editor), Vincent.C Piggott (Editor)

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

041518150X

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9780415181501

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 November, 1998

Pages:

322

Description:

Social Approaches to an Industrial Past is a pioneering collection which addresses the social context of mining communities. This collection considers social context using ethnographic and ethnohistoric records of various cultures.

Synopsis:

Social Approaches to an Industrial Past addresses the social issues of mining communities in research spanning a period of 4,500 years. The volume considers themes which are relatively new to archaeology: * the social context of production * gender * power and labour exploitation * imperialism and colonialism * production and technology.

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22 line figures, 15 half-tones, 3 tables

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Routledge

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