In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
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- 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- 出版时间 1996年8月
- ISBN 9780385483995
- 定价 220.40
内容简介
Historyisrecordedinmanyways.AccordingtoauthorJamesDeetz,thepastcanbeseenmostfullybystudyingthesmallthingssooftenforgotten.Objectssuchasdoorways,gravestones,musicalinstruments,andevenshardsofpotteryfillinthecracksbetweenlargehistoricaleventsanddepicttheintricaciesofdailylife.InhiscompletelyrevisedandexpandededitionofInSmallThingsForgotten,DeetzhasaddednewsectionsthatmorefullyacknowledgethepresenceofwomenandAfricanAmericansinColonialAmerica.NewinterpretationsofarchaeologicalfindsdetailhowminoritiesinfluencedandwereaffectedbythedevelopmentoftheAnglo-Americantraditionintheyearsfollowingthesettlers'arrivalinPlymouth,Massachusettsin1620.AmongDeetz'sobservations:SubtlechangesinbuildinglongbeforetheRevolutionaryWarhintedatthegrowingindependenceoftheAmericancoloniesandtheirdesiretobelessliketheBritish.RecordsofestateauctionsshowthatmanyhouseholdsinColonialAmericacontainedonlyonechair--underscoringthepatriarchalnatureoftheearlyAmericanfamily.Allothermembersofthehouseholdsatonstoolsorthefloor.TheexcavationofatinycommunityoffreedslavesinMassachusettsrevealsevidenceofthetransplantationofAfricanculturetoNorthAmerica.SimultaneouslyastudyofAmericanlifeandanexplanationofhowAmericanlifeisstudied,InSmallThingsForgotten,throughtheeverydaydetailsofordinaryliving,colorfullydepictsaworldhundredsofyearsinthepast.
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