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Author Matthews, Christopher N., 1965- author.

Title A struggle for heritage : archaeology and civil rights in a Long Island community / Christopher N. Matthews
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages)
Series Cultural heritage studies
Cultural heritage studies.
Contents Introduction: A Long Time Coming -- How History Controls the Past -- A Counter-Map of Setauket -- From Creole Synthesis to Racial Modernity -- Archaeological Histories of the Silas Tobias and Jacob and Hannah Hart Sites -- Material Histories and the Dynamics of Racism in Setauket -- Conclusion: Resistance, History, and Civil Rights
Summary "Based on ten years of collaborative, community-based research, this book examines the history of race and racism in a mixed-heritage Native American and African American community on Long Island's North Shore, demonstrating how archaeology can be an activist voice for a vulnerable population's civil rights"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2021)
Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- Setauket
Civil rights -- New York (State) -- Setauket -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Civil rights
Excavations (Archaeology)
SUBJECT Setauket (N.Y.) -- History
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078258
Subject New York (State) -- Long Island
New York (State) -- Setauket
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020017097
ISBN 9780813057682
081305768X
9780813058870
0813058872