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Timber, Sail, and Rail: An Archaeology of Industry, Immigration, and the Loma Prieta Mill

Posted By: roxul
Date: 19 Oct 2023 05:33:09
Timber, Sail, and Rail: An Archaeology of Industry, Immigration, and the Loma Prieta Mill

Marco Meniketti, "Timber, Sail, and Rail: An Archaeology of Industry, Immigration, and the Loma Prieta Mill"
English | ISBN: 1789207266 | 2020 | 222 pages | PDF | 8 MB

While taking a critical look at the labor and social issues related to timber, the story of labor, immigration, and development around the San Francisco Bay region is told through the lens of an archaeological case study of a major player of the timber industry between 1885 and 1920. Timber, Sail, and Rail recounts the mill operations and broadly examines its intersections with other industries, such as shipping, brick manufacture, rail companies, lime production, and other lesser enterprises. Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork, as well as ethnography and regional archival work, are examined to emphasize technological and labor components at the historic Loma Prieta mill.
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