Beschreibung:
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 devised by the editors, and sponsored by English Heritage, with the intention of gathering together leading industrial and historical archaeologists from around the world. However, just as Manchester is being transformed by regeneration, shaking off many of the negative connotations associated with factory-based industrial production, and remaking itself as a 21st century city, then so too, is the archaeological study of industrialisation being transformed.
"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 session "An Industrial Revolution? Future Directions for Industrial Archaeology" was organized by the editors and sponsored by English Heritage, with the intention of gathering together leading industrial and historical archaeologists from around the world.
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.