The Importance of British Material Culture to Historical Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century

"This is an important volume, and historical archaeologists will undoubtedly find it immensely useful everywhere the British commercial empire left its material mark."—Charles E. Orser Jr., Journal of Anthropological Research

"This strong volume of well-crafted papers enhances our understanding of nineteenth century British material culture."—Douglas E. Ross, BC Studies

“This book is important to the field of historical archaeology as it provides the necessary comparative framework for all material culture studies worldwide. . . . The ideas here will spark a very important movement in England that will give historical archaeology or the archaeology of the modern world its proper spot in the legacy of archaeology in Britain.”—Stephen Brighton, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland and author of Historical Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora: A Transnational Approach