The historical archaeology of shadow and intimate economies /edited by James A. Nyman, Kevin R. Fogle, and Mary C. Beaudry.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
The intimate economic perspective / Potatoes, baskets, and power: indigenous persistence in Maine / Webs of drinking: alcohol, colonialism, and social relationships in early modern Sápmi / A round for all my friends: understanding the economic impact of moonshine production / The pitch tar mill: the material memory of a specialized production site in the town of Oulu, Finland / Caribbean contradictions: entangled networks, slavery, and the French West Indies / Blurred boundaries: internal and illicit plantation economies / Intimacies and attachments: households and hucksters on the Barbadian plantation / Inside and outside capitalism: the life of sealers on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica / Surf and turf: understanding montaukett economic strategies through the whaling era / Intimacies of glass in early eighteenth-century Louisiana / Clandestine, ephemeral, anonymous? myths and actualities of the intimate economy of a nineteenth-century Boston brothel / Uncovering an early seventeenth-century token currency scheme at Jamestown, Virginia / Rag, stone, water: a material study of holy wells in contemporary Ireland / Concluding thoughts: reframing the archaeology of intimate economies / James A. Nyman and Kevin Fogle -- James A. Nyman -- Sami Lakomäki, Timo Ylimaunu, and Ritva Kylli -- Kirk French -- Marika Hyttinen, Timo Ylimaunu, Titta Kallio-Seppä, Paul R. Mullins, and Markku Kuorilehto -- Heather Gibson and Kenneth G. Kelly -- Kevin R. Fogle -- Matthew C. Reilly -- Melisa Salerno, Jimena Cruz, and Andrés Zarankin -- Allison Manfra McGovern -- Diana DiPaolo Loren -- Jade Luiz -- Beverly A. Straube -- Eleanor Conlin Casella -- Mary C. Beaudry.
This volume develops the concept of intimate economies by showing how contemporary historical archaeologists apply the perspective to their research. The chapters in this volume address intimate economies across multiple historical contexts, and through various case studies provide the reader with a rich, evocative exploration of a concept of topical importance to current concerns and issues.
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Informal sector (Economics)--History. Capitalism--Social aspects--History. Organized crime--History. Business enterprises--Corrupt practices--History.