Casella / Symonds Industrial Archaeology

Future Directions
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-22831-0
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten

Reihe: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology

Eleanor Conlin Casella and James Symonds th The essays in this book are adapted from papers presented at the 24 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 Arch- ology,' was jointly devised by the editors, and sponsored by English Heritage, with the intention of gathering together leading industrial and historical archaeologists from around the world. Speakers were asked to consider aspects of contemporary theory and practice, as well as possible future directions for the study of industrialisation and - dustrial societies. It perhaps ?tting that this meeting was convened in Manchester, which has a rich industrial heritage, and has recently been proclaimed as the 'archetype' city of the industrial revolution (McNeil and George, 2002). However, just as Manchester is being transformed by reg- eration, shaking off many of the negative connotations associated st with factory-based industrial production, and remaking itself as a 21 century city, then so too, is the archaeological study of industrialisation being transformed. In the most recent overview of industrial archaeology in the UK, Sir Neil Cossons cautioned that industrial archaeology risked becoming a 'one generation subject', that stood on the edge of oblivion, alongside th the mid-20 century pursuit of folklife studies (Cossons 2000:13). It is to be hoped that the papers in this volume demonstrate that this will not be the case.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Symonds, James

Casella, Eleanor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;New Directions in Industrial Archaeology;8
3;Introduction;10
4;RE-THINKING INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY;13
4.1;Social Workers ;14
4.1.1;New Directions in Industrial Archaeology;14
4.2;Experiencing Industry;43
4.2.1;Beyond Machines and The History of Technology;43
4.3;Industrial Archaeology;68
4.3.1;Constructing a Framework of Inference;68
4.4;After Industrial Archaeology?;85
5;THE CONSERVATION OF INDUSTRIAL MONUMENTS AND LANDSCAPES;101
5.1;From Valves to Values;102
5.1.1;Industrial Archaeology and Heritage Practice;102
5.2;Publishing and Priority in Industrial Archaeology;127
5.3;Gas and Grain;141
5.3.1;The Conservation of Networked Industrial Landscapes;141
5.4;Exploring Mrs. Gaskell’s Legacy;161
5.4.1;Competing Constructions of the Industrial Historic Environment in England’s Northwest;161
6;ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE FACTORY AND MINE;180
6.1;The Social Archaeology of Industrialisation;181
6.1.1;The Example of Manchester During The 17th and 18th Centuries;181
6.2;Technological Innovation in the Early 19th Century Irish Cotton Industry;209
6.2.1;Overton Cotton Mills, County Cork, Thomas Cheek Hewes and the Origins of the Suspension Waterwheel;209
6.3;Building a Working Class Archaeology;220
6.3.1;The Colorado Coal Field War Project;220
6.4;Cultural Identity and the Consumption of Industry;245
6.5;The Industrial Archaeology of Entertainment;263
6.6;Colonisation in the Industrial Age;281
6.6.1;The Landscape of the Australian Gold Rush;281
7;COMMENTARY;301
7.1;Concluding Comments;302
7.1.1;Revolutionizing Industrial Archaeology?;302
8;Index;316