Author: Floyd R. MansbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Early Industrialized Pottery Production in Illinois
Author: Floyd R. MansbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Archaeology of Craft and Industry
Author: Christopher C. FennellPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813057914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In this expansive yet concise survey, Christopher Fennell discusses archaeological research from sites across the United States that once manufactured, harvested, or processed commodities. Through studies of craft enterprise and the Industrial Revolution, this book uncovers key insights into American history from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Exploring evidence from textile mills, glassworks, cutlery manufacturers, and tanneries, Fennell describes the complicated transition from skilled manual work to mechanized production methods, and he offers examples of how artisanal skill remained important in many factory contexts. Fennell also traces the distribution and transportation of goods along canals and railroads. He delves into sites of extraction, such as lumber mills, copper mines, and coal fields, and reviews diverse methods for smelting and shaping iron. The book features an in-depth case study of Edgefield, South Carolina, a town that pioneered the production of alkaline-glazed stoneware pottery. Fennell outlines shifts within the field of industrial archaeology over the past century that have culminated in the recognition that these locations of remarkable energy, tumult, and creativity represent the lives and ingenuity of many people. In addition, he points to ways the field can help inform sustainable strategies for industrial enterprises in the present day.
The Living Museum
Author: Reports of Investigations - Illinois State Museum
Author: The History of College Affordability in the United States from Colonial Times to the Cold War
Author: Thomas AdamPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498588441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book examines how tuition and student loans became an accepted part of college costs in the first half of the twentieth century. The author argues that college was largely free to nineteenth-century college students since local and religious communities, donors, and the state agreed to pay the tuition bill with the expectation that the students would serve society upon graduation. College education was essentially considered a public good. This arrangement ended after 1900. The increasing secularization and professionalization of college education as well as changes in the socio-economic composition of the student body—which included more and more students from well-off families—caused educators, college administrators, and donors to argue that students pursued a college degree for their own advancement and therefore should be made to pay for it. Students were expected to pay tuition themselves and to take out student loans in order to fund their education.
Publications of the State of Illinois 1994
Author: The Economy of Early America
Author: Cathy D. MatsonPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271027111
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In recent years, scholars in a number of disciplines have focused their attention on understanding the early American economy. This text enters the resurgent discussion by showcasing the work of leading scholars who represent a spectrum of historiographical and methodological viewpoints.
Illinois Documents List
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ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publications of the State of Illinois
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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