Industrial Archaeology Future Directions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Casella, Eleanor Conlin (Editor), Symonds, James (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.

The essays in this book are adapted from papers presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group, held at the University of Manchester, in December 2002. The conference session "An Industrial Revolution? Future Directions for Industrial Archaeology," was jointly...

Table of Contents:

• Re-Thinking Industrial Archaeology
• “Social Workers”
• Experiencing Industry
• Industrial Archaeology
• After Industrial Archaeology?
• The Conservation of Industrial Monuments and Landscapes
• From Valves to Values
• Publishing and Priority in Industrial Archaeology
• Gas and Grain
• Exploring Mrs. Gaskell’s Legacy
• Archaeologies of the Factory and Mine
• The Social Archaeology of Industrialisation
• Technological Innovation in the Early 19th Century Irish Cotton Industry
• Building a Working Class Archaeology
• Cultural Identity and the Consumption of Industry
• The Industrial Archaeology of Entertainment
• Colonisation in the Industrial Age
• Commentary
• Concluding Comments.