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The Archaeology of American Capitalism: The American Experience in an Archaeological Perspective

Zorzin, Nicolas

Labour, 2012, Vol.70 (70), p.303-305 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Committee on Canadian Labour History and AU Press

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  • Título:
    The Archaeology of American Capitalism: The American Experience in an Archaeological Perspective
  • Autor: Zorzin, Nicolas
  • Assuntos: American history ; Archaeology ; Capitalism ; Collaboration ; Matthews, Christopher N ; Nonfiction ; REVIEWS / COMPTES RENDUS ; Society
  • É parte de: Labour, 2012, Vol.70 (70), p.303-305
  • Descrição: This book is an essential contribution to Social Archaeology and American Historical Archaeology. It primarily re- fers to the United States of America but the implications of its discourse are not limited to that nation, and could be high- ly relevant to any scholar interested in the processes of materialization in other capitalist systems. The author presents an analysis of archaeological evidence attesting to the social transformations caused by the advent of the capitalist system, from a theoretical point of view mostly inspired by Marx and Weber. This book comes as a necessary addition to some key recent publications largely focused on the transformative effects of the introduction of a capitalist frame- work in society, but it also looks at the conception, uses and misuses, practice and interpretations of present-day ar- chaeology (Yannis Hamilakis and Philip Duke, Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics; Randall McGuire, Archaeology as Political Action), as well as concentrating on specific colonial or post-colonial contexts (Sarah Croucher and Lindsay Weiss, eds., The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts). In Chapter 2, the author presents the simultaneous mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion involved in the capital- ist system that might be traceable in ar- chaeological records. To do so, [Christopher N. Matthews] scrutinizes the archaeology and history of the Narragansett and the Mohawk peoples in the 18th century. The integra- tion of First Nations people into a capi- talist system was firmly established in the fur trade, and in several food and crafts exchanges. In turn, this system afford- ed a specialized function for colonized groups, maintaining trade within them for as long as they were economically vi- able. Meanwhile, the colonial structure established a definition for the group as "Indians," ensuring their distinction from the rest of society and disallowing their integration. This process of exclu- sion was completed as soon as the First Nations groups could no longer partici- pate in the capitalist system as "Indians," that is when their functional viability for trade and value came to an end. At the end of the American Revolution, coloniz- ers considered "Indianity" useless or even threatening. It was then declared incom- patible with the new white capitalist soci- ety, leading to a quasi-total exclusion.
  • Editor: Committee on Canadian Labour History and AU Press
  • Idioma: Inglês
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