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- catalog abstract "This book provides an excellent introduction to the field of historical archaeology. Using a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, the authors create a fresh portrait of nineteenth-century domestic life in the company-owned boardinghouses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. From a compendious three-volume site report the authors have distilled the essence of their findings. They discuss the methods and theory of historical archaeology and demonstrate its strengths and limitations in the examination of Lowell. Combining documentary evidence, oral and architectural history, and environmental and material culture studies, they trace the deterioration of living conditions for mill workers and their families as owners began substituting native-born employees with immigrant laborers. The detection of environmental decay and its implications for the health and well-being of the boardinghouse populations offer a compelling illustration of how information deduced from historical archaeology can augment and modify findings based on conventional historical documents.".
- catalog contributor b9137421.
- catalog contributor b9137422.
- catalog contributor b9137423.
- catalog coverage "Lowell (Mass.) Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-90) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. The Boott Mills and its boardinghouses ; Archaeology in a parking lot -- Historical archaeology in context. Tools of the trade ; Putting the pieces together ; Archaeology at the Boott Mills -- Lowell's urban landscape. A landscape changed ; The planned city ; The backyard story -- Living conditions of Boott Mills workers. Life in an urban boardinghouse ; Sanitation ; Hygiene ; Health ; The personal touch -- Mealtimes at the Boott. Working-class meals ; A telling comparison -- Leisure time at the Boott. Cigars and cutties ; Alcohol ; Postscript -- Clothing and personal adornment. Jewelry and beads ; Hair combs and ornaments ; Buttons and studs -- The bigger picture.".
- catalog description "This book provides an excellent introduction to the field of historical archaeology. Using a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, the authors create a fresh portrait of nineteenth-century domestic life in the company-owned boardinghouses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. From a compendious three-volume site report the authors have distilled the essence of their findings. They discuss the methods and theory of historical archaeology and demonstrate its strengths and limitations in the examination of Lowell. Combining documentary evidence, oral and architectural history, and environmental and material culture studies, they trace the deterioration of living conditions for mill workers and their families as owners began substituting native-born employees with immigrant laborers. The detection of environmental decay and its implications for the health and well-being of the boardinghouse populations offer a compelling illustration of how information deduced from historical archaeology can augment and modify findings based on conventional historical documents.".
- catalog extent "xv, 93 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Living on the Boott.".
- catalog identifier "1558490345 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1558490353 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Living on the Boott.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Living on the Boott.".
- catalog spatial "Lowell (Mass.) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Lowell".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Lowell.".
- catalog subject "974.4/4 20".
- catalog subject "Archaeology and history Massachusetts Lowell.".
- catalog subject "Boardinghouses Massachusetts Lowell.".
- catalog subject "Boott Mills (Lowell, Mass.)".
- catalog subject "F74.L9 M76 1996".
- catalog subject "Working class Massachusetts Lowell History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. The Boott Mills and its boardinghouses ; Archaeology in a parking lot -- Historical archaeology in context. Tools of the trade ; Putting the pieces together ; Archaeology at the Boott Mills -- Lowell's urban landscape. A landscape changed ; The planned city ; The backyard story -- Living conditions of Boott Mills workers. Life in an urban boardinghouse ; Sanitation ; Hygiene ; Health ; The personal touch -- Mealtimes at the Boott. Working-class meals ; A telling comparison -- Leisure time at the Boott. Cigars and cutties ; Alcohol ; Postscript -- Clothing and personal adornment. Jewelry and beads ; Hair combs and ornaments ; Buttons and studs -- The bigger picture.".
- catalog title "Living on the Boott : historical archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts / Stephen A. Mrozowski, Grace H. Ziesing, and Mary C. Beaudry.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".