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Race and Affluence An Archaeology of African America and Consumer Culture /

An archaeological analysis of the centrality of race and racism in American culture. Using a broad range of material, historical, and ethnographic resources from Annapolis, Maryland, during the period 1850 to 1930, the author probes distinctive African-American consumption patterns and examines how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mullins, Paul R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
Series:Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology,
Subjects:
Social sciences.
History.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Social Sciences.
History, general.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
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Summary:An archaeological analysis of the centrality of race and racism in American culture. Using a broad range of material, historical, and ethnographic resources from Annapolis, Maryland, during the period 1850 to 1930, the author probes distinctive African-American consumption patterns and examines how those patterns resisted the racist assumptions of the dominant culture while also attempting to demonstrate African-Americans' suitability to full citizenship privileges.
Physical Description:XIV, 217 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780306471636
ISSN:1574-0439

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