Introduction : toward a historical archaeology of consumption -- The faces of wealth : archaeologies of status, affluence, and poverty -- Emulation and desire : the mechanisms of consumer demand -- Consuming morals, materialism, and refinement -- Consuming politics and identity -- The materiality of domesticity and Victorian marketing -- Conclusion : archaeologies of consumption
Summary
Americans have long identified themselves with material goods. In this study, Paul Mullins sifts through this continent's historical archaeological record to trace the evolution of North American consumer culture
