Title The archaeology of market capitalism : a Western Australian perspective / Gaye Nayton

Published New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Contributions to global historical archaeology Contributions to global historical archaeology Contents The Archaeology of Market Capitalism; Acknowledgment; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Swan River Colony; The Northwest; Rapid Change: The Methodological Problem; Think Globally, Dig Locally (Orser 1996:183); Australian Historical Archaeology; Chapter 2: The Swan River Colony: Settlement of the Southwest; The Swan River Colony: Settlement of the Southwest; Climate; Geology; Vegetation; Area History; Land Regulations; Agriculture; Social System; Architecture; Chapter 3: Port Systems and Trading Networks; Port Systems and Trading Networks; Southwest Maritime Trading Patterns Southwest Export Trading PatternsSouthwest Settlement Patterns; Southwest Urban Development; Site-Based Patterning; Delineating Southwest Patterns; Chapter 4: The North District: Settlement of the Northwest; The North District: Settlement of the Northwest; Climate; Geology; Vegetation; Land Regulations; Area History; Colonists' Expectations; Prior Knowledge; Gregory's Opinions; Initial Northwest Land Use; Withnell's Northwest Outfit; The Initial Northwest Social System; Chapter 5: Northwest Adaptations; Northwest Adaptations; Trade; The Production System; Local Sustenance Cash-Based Production SystemSettlement System; Chapter 6: Town Site Archaeological Surveys; Town Site Archaeological Surveys; Cossack Surveys; Broome Surveys; Old Onslow; Town Site Analysis; The Social System: Expression in the Built Environment; The Social System: Town Development and Layout; Cossack; 1863-1874: The Early Years; 1875-1881: The Growth of a Pearling Port; The Built Environment; 1882-1891: The Height of the Cossack Pearling Industry; Building Materials; 1892-1911: Towards the End; Broome; 1880s-1900: The Early Years; 1900-1930: The Golden Years of the Broome Pearling Industry Resistance and DominationChapter 7: The Excavation of the Knight and Shenton Store Site; Surface Features; Subsurface Features; Laboratory Procedures; Site Features; Artifacts; Mean Analysis; Identifying and Dating Artifacts; Analyzing Chronological Markers; Applying the Mean Calculations; Vertical Displacement; Intrusive Artifacts; Small Sample Size; Chronological Assemblages; Stratigraphic Testing of the Dated Assemblages; Chapter 8: Household Analysis: Site Layout and Building Design; Household Analysis; 1870-1882; Site Layout and Building Design; 1883-1895; Site Layout and Building Design 1896-1910Site Layout and Building Design; 1911 to Late 1920s: Late 1920s to 1941; Conclusions; Building Design; Changing Use of Yard Spaces; Chapter 9: Household Analysis: Assemblage Analysis; Assemblage Analysis; How Integrated with the British Trading Networks Were the Households of the Northwest?; Were There Differences in Surplus Accumulation Betweenthe Regional Groups of the Northwest?; How is Domination and Resistance Expressed in the Culture of Cossack Households?; Comparison to Early American Colonization; Comparison to Later American Colonization; Public and Private Display Summary "The area claimed by the British Empire as Western Australia was primarily colonized through two major thrusts: the development of the Swan River Colony to the southwest in 1829, and the 1863 movement of Australian born settlers to colonize the northwest region. The Western Australian story is overwhelmingly the story of the spread of market capitalism, a narrative which is at the foundation of modern western world economy and culture. Due to the timing of settlement in Western Australia there was a lack of older infrastructure patterns based on industrial capitalism to evoke geographical inertia to modify and deform the newer system in many ways making the systemic patterns which grew out of market capitalist forces clearer and easier to delineate than in older settlement areas. However, the struggle between the forces of market capitalism, settlers and Indigenous Australians over space, labor, physical and economic resources and power relationships are both unique to place and time and universal in allowing an understanding of how such complicated regional, interregional and global forces shape a settler society. Through an examination of historical records, town layout and architecture, landscape analysis, excavation data, and material culture analysis, the author created a nuanced understanding of the social, economic, and cultural developments that took place during this dynamic period in Australian history. In examining this complex settlement history, the author employed several different research methodologies in parallel, to create a comprehensive understanding of the area. Her research techniques will be invaluable to researchers struggling to understand similarly complex sociocultural evolutions throughout the globe"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Imperialism -- History Capitalism -- Australia -- Western Australia Archaeology and history -- Australia -- Western Australia HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand. Sciences sociales. Droit. Sciences humaines. Archaeology and history Capitalism Imperialism International relations SUBJECT Australia -- Relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Relations -- Australia Western Australia -- History Subject Australia Great Britain Western Australia Genre/Form History History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781441983183 144198318X

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