Research Catalog

Title

Material culture and consumer society : dependent colonies in colonial Australia / Mark Staniforth.

Author

Staniforth, Mark

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2003.

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Details

Description

xv, 185 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The Plenum series in underwater archaeology

Uniform Title

Plenum series in underwater archaeology

Subject

• 1788-1851
• Material culture > Australia > Colonies
• Consumers > Australia > Colonies
• Shipwrecks > Australia > Colonies
• Underwater archaeology > Australia > Colonies
• Material culture > Colonies > Australia
• Consumers > Colonies > Australia
• Shipwrecks > Colonies > Australia
• Underwater archaeology > Colonies > Australia
• Australia > Social life and customs
• Australia > History > 1788-1851

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-180) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1.2. Immigrant Societies 7 -- 1.3. Dependent Colonies 9 -- 2. The Archaeology of the Event 13 -- 2.2. Archaeology, Anthropology, and History 15 -- 2.3. On the Relationships between Things, Words, and Ideas 21 -- 2.4. The Annales School 26 -- 2.5. The Archaeology of the Event 28 -- 3. Capitalism, Colonialism, and Consumerism 33 -- 3.2. Capitalism 34 -- 3.3. Colonialism 36 -- 3.4. Consumerism 42 -- 4. Methods and Sources 47 -- 4.2. Material Culture 48 -- 4.3. Historical Documentation 54 -- 4.4. Images 60 -- 5. Port Jackson and the Wreck of Sydney Cove (1797) 65 -- 5.2. Background -- Port Jackson 65 -- 5.3. Background -- Calcutta 72 -- 5.4. Historical Background -- Sydney Cove 73 -- 5.5. The Archaeological Excavation of Sydney Cove 78 -- 5.6. The Cargo of Sydney Cove 79 -- 5.7. The Chinese Export Porcelain Cargo of Sydney Cove 86 -- 5.8. Chinese Export Porcelain in Australia 95 -- 6. Port Phillip and the Wreck of William Salthouse (1841) 101 -- 6.2. Background -- Port Phillip 101 -- 6.3. Background -- Montreal 104 -- 6.4. Historical Background -- William Salthouse 105 -- 6.5. The Archaeological Excavation of William Salthouse 109 -- 6.6. The Cargo of William Salthouse 109 -- 7. The Swan River Colony and the Wrecks of James Matthews (1841) and Eglinton (1852) 125 -- 7.2. Background -- Swan River Colony 125 -- 7.3. Background -- London 127 -- 7.4. Historical Background -- James Matthews 127 -- 7.5. The Archaeological Excavation of James Matthews 130 -- 7.6. The Cargo of James Matthews 131 -- 7.7. Historical Background -- Eglinton 135 -- 7.8. The Archaeological Excavation of Eglinton 137 -- 7.9. The Cargo of Eglinton 137 -- 8. The Meanings of Things 143 -- 8.1. Capitalism, Colonialism, and Consumerism 144 -- 8.2. Building Construction Materials 146 -- 8.3. Alcohol 147 -- 8.4. Tobacco 148 -- 8.5. Beverages 148 -- 8.6. Personal Hygiene 149.

ISBN

0306473860

LCCN

^^2002028275

OCLC

50339279

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library