Timber, sail, and rail : an archaeology of industry, immigration, and the Loma Prieta Mill /
While taking a critical look at the labor and social issues related to timber, the story of labor, immigration and development around the San Francisco Bay region is told through the lens of an archaeological case study of a major player of the timber industry between 1885 and 1920. Timber, Sail, an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2020.
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| Summary: | While taking a critical look at the labor and social issues related to timber, the story of labor, immigration and development around the San Francisco Bay region is told through the lens of an archaeological case study of a major player of the timber industry between 1885 and 1920. Timber, Sail, and Rail recounts the mill operations and broadly examines its intersections with other industries, such as shipping, brick manufacture, rail companies, lime production and other lesser enterprises. Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork, as well as ethnography and regional archival work, are examined to emphasize technological and labor components at the historic Loma Prieta mill. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1789207266 9781789207262 |