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The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

A Devil, Two Rivers, and a Dream

By: Teresa S. Moyer,Paul A. Shackel

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The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

A Devil, Two Rivers, and a Dream

By: Teresa S. Moyer,Paul A. Shackel

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is most widely known today for the attempted slave revolt led by John Brown in 1859, the nucleus for the interpretation of the current national park. Here, Teresa S. Moyer and Paul A. Shackel tell the behind-the-scenes story of how this event was chosen and preserved for commemoration, providing lessons for federal, state, local, and non-profit organizations who continually struggle over the dilemma about which past to present to the public. Professional and non-professional audiences alike will benefit from their important insights into how federal agencies interpret the past, and in turn shape public memory.

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Rowman Altamira

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0759110662

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9780759110663

Archaeology, Heritage, and Civic Engagement

Working toward the Public Good

By: Barbara J Little,Paul A Shackel

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Archaeology, Heritage, and Civic Engagement

Working toward the Public Good

By: Barbara J Little,Paul A Shackel

The definition of “public archaeology” has expanded in recent years to include archaeologists’ collaborations with and within communities and activities in support of education, civic renewal, peacebuilding, and social justice. Barbara Little and Paul Shackel, long-term leaders in the growth of a civically-engaged, relevant archaeology, outline a future trajectory for the field in this concise, thoughtful volume. Drawing from the archaeological study of race and labor, among other examples, the authors explore this crucial opportunity and responsibility, then point the way for the discipline to contribute to the contemporary public good.

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163

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Routledge

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1315433591

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9781315433592

New Philadelphia

An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland

By: Paul A. Shackel

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New Philadelphia

An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland

By: Paul A. Shackel

A groundbreaking study in which an engaged archaeology produces nuanced understandings of the past and shapes new understandings of the present. New Philadelphia promotes a rethinking of race relations between African and European Americans."—Claire Smith, President, World Archaeological Congress "Shackel shows in explicit detail how one community archaeology project—dealing with the delicate subject of race—is being put into practice in the American Midwest. This is required reading for archaeologists and historic preservation activists who confront bondage and freedom, and who wrestle with remembrance and representation in real time."—Charles Orser, author of Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation "New Philadelphia examines an historic struggle for social justice and the role for archaeology in anti-racist projects. Shackel's engaging narrative shifts among artifacts, landscapes, and documents to illuminate the lives of African Americans and European Americans in a 19th- and early 20th-century community. This is an important book for archaeologists, historians, and cultural heritage practitioners interested in recovering the past to address pressing issues of the present."—Robert Paynter, co-editor of Lines that Divide and co-director of archaeological research at the W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite

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Univ of California Press

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0520266293

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9780520266292

The Ruined Anthracite

Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities

By: Paul A. Shackel

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The Ruined Anthracite

Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities

By: Paul A. Shackel

Once a busy if impoverished center for the anthracite coal industry, northeastern Pennsylvania exists today as a region suffering inexorable decline--racked by economic hardship and rampant opioid abuse, abandoned by young people, and steeped in xenophobic fear. Paul A. Shackel merges analysis with oral history to document the devastating effects of a lifetime of structural violence on the people who have stayed behind. Heroic stories of workers facing the dangers of underground mining stand beside accounts of people living their lives in a toxic environment and battling deprivation and starvation by foraging, bartering, and relying on the good will of neighbors. As Shackel reveals the effects of these long-term traumas, he sheds light on people’s poor health and lack of well-being. The result is a valuable on-the-ground perspective that expands our understanding of the social fracturing, economic decay, and anger afflicting many communities across the United States. Insightful and dramatic, The Ruined Anthracite combines archaeology, documentary research, and oral history to render the ongoing human cost of environmental devastation and unchecked capitalism.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252054512

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9780252054518

Culture Change and the New Technology

An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Culture Change and the New Technology

An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

By: Paul A. Shackel

Harpers Ferry was one of America's earliest and most significant industrial communities - serving as an excellent example of the changing patterns of human relations that led to dramatic progress in work life and in domestic relations in modern times. In this well-illustrated book, Paul A. Shackel investigates the historical archaeology of Harpers Ferry, revealing the culture change and influence of new technology on workers and their families. He focuses on the contributions of laborers, craftsmen, and other subordinate groups to industrial progress, and examines ethnic and interracial development in an economy that was transformed from craft-based to industrial.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475799039

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9781475799033

Remembering Lattimer

Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Remembering Lattimer

Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country

By: Paul A. Shackel

On September 10, 1897, a group of 400 striking coal miners--workers of Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian descent or origin--marched on Lattimer, Pennsylvania. There, law enforcement officers fired without warning into the protesters, killing nineteen miners and wounding thirty-eight others. The bloody day quickly faded into history. Paul A. Shackel confronts the legacies and lessons of the Lattimer event. Beginning with a dramatic retelling of the incident, Shackel traces how the violence, and the acquittal of the deputies who perpetrated it, spurred membership in the United Mine Workers. By blending archival and archaeological research with interviews, he weighs how the people living in the region remember--and forget--what happened. Now in positions of power, the descendants of the slain miners have themselves become rabidly anti-union and anti-immigrant as Dominicans and other Latinos change the community. Shackel shows how the social, economic, and political circumstances surrounding historic Lattimer connect in profound ways to the riven communities of today. Compelling and timely, Remembering Lattimer restores an American tragedy to our public memory.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252050738

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9780252050732

Memory in Black and White

Race, Commemoration, and the Post-bellum Landscape

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Memory in Black and White

Race, Commemoration, and the Post-bellum Landscape

By: Paul A. Shackel

Paul Shackel uses four well-known Civil War-era National Park sites to illustrate the evolution of commemorative expression at sites of controversy. He shows how interpretation may change dramatically from one generation to another as interpreters try to accommodate, or ignore, certain memories. Memory in Black and White is important reading for all who are interested in history and memory. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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Rowman Altamira

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0759102635

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9780759102637

Archaeology and Created Memory

Public History in a National Park

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Archaeology and Created Memory

Public History in a National Park

By: Paul A. Shackel

Archaeology can either bolster memory and tradition, or contradict the status quo and provide an alternative view of the past. An archaeology of Harpers Ferry's wartime and Victorian eras confronts time-honored historical interpretations of the past (created and perpetuated by such interest groups as historians and the National Park Service) and in so doing allows us to be more inclusive of the town's forgotten histories and provides alternative voices to a past.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306471736

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9780306471735

Personal Discipline and Material Culture

An Archaeology of Annapolis, Maryland, 1695-1870

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Personal Discipline and Material Culture

An Archaeology of Annapolis, Maryland, 1695-1870

By: Paul A. Shackel

This unique study looks at the role material goods played in shaping our culture. Using archaeological data, probate inventories, and etiquette books, Paul A. Shackel has collected valuable information on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century material items which, when analyzed in historical context, reveals how these items have shaped the development of western culture. Specific examples from the Chesapeake area of Maryland show how individuals and groups responded to social and economic crises by using material goods to define power relations, create social hierarchies, and preserve the social order. Shackel argues that, during the pre-industrial era, society's elite introduced hard-to-find material items, like the fork, with rules of etiquette to maintain social distance and stratification. As the Industrial Revolution made material items cheaper and easier to obtain, the non-elite began to adopt regular usage of particular items as part of standardized behavior while the elite sought to maintain their status with newer and different material goods. Focusing on how the spread of capitalism affected various social groups, Shackel pays specific attention to culture and consumption and symbolic qualities of material culture. His analysis incorporates a review of etiquette literature from the late medieval era to provide a global context for regional behavior and material culture.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870497847

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9780870497841

The Archaeology of American Labor and Working-Class Life

By: Paul A. Shackel

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The Archaeology of American Labor and Working-Class Life

By: Paul A. Shackel

What happens, though, when we take a closer look at the archaeological record? That is the focus of Paul Shackel's new book, which examines labor and working-class life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century industrial America.

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0813038022

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9780813038025

New Philadelphia

An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland

By: Paul A. Shackel

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An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland

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Univ of California Press

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0520266293

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Remembering Lattimer

Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country

By: Paul A. Shackel

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University of Illinois Press

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The Ruined Anthracite

Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities

By: Paul A. Shackel

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Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities

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Book's by Paul A. Shackel

The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Archaeology, Heritage, and Civic Engagement

Archaeology, Heritage, and Civic Engagement

New Philadelphia

New Philadelphia

The Ruined Anthracite

The Ruined Anthracite

Culture Change and the New Technology

Culture Change and the New Technology

Remembering Lattimer

Remembering Lattimer

Memory in Black and White

Memory in Black and White

Archaeology and Created Memory

Archaeology and Created Memory

Personal Discipline and Material Culture

Personal Discipline and Material Culture

The Archaeology of American Labor and Working-Class Life

The Archaeology of American Labor and Working-Class Life

New Philadelphia

New Philadelphia

Remembering Lattimer

Remembering Lattimer

The Ruined Anthracite

The Ruined Anthracite

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