Archaeology of improvement in rural massachusetts, an: landscapes of profit and betterment at the dawn of the 19th century
Auteur :
Lewis, Quentin
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319363288
Date de publication :
23 août 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book probes the materiality of Improvement in early 19th century rural Massachusetts. The meaning of Improvement vacillated between ideas of economic profit and human betterment, but in practice, Improvement relied on a broad assemblage of material things and spaces for coherence and enaction.