Review Essay: Taking the Pulse of Emerging Modernity
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The archaeology of the development of modernity as it emerged out of the Middle Ages is potentially one of the most important and powerful areas of study that can be pursued today. A number of historical archaeologists in Europe have taken up the difficult task of examining this transition, and are currently providing insights into the shift from feudalism to mercantilism and capitalism. This topic is both important to the understanding of history and to providing tangible proof that historical archaeology has the potential to contribute to knowledge about the globalization process. Three recent books in particular are especially significant in this archaeological endeavor.
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Axtell, J. (1992). Beyond 1492: Encounters in Colonial North America, Oxford University Press, New York.
Courtney, P. (1996). In small things forgotten: The Georgian world view, material culture, and the consumer revolution. Rural History 7: 87-95.
Funari, P. P. A., Jones, S., and Hall, M. (1999). Introduction: Archaeology in history. In Funari, P. P. A., Hall, M., and Jones, S. (eds.), Historical Archaeology: Back Fromthe Edge, Routledge, NewYork, pp. 1-20.
Orser, C. E., Jr. (1996). A Historical Archaeology of the Modern World, Plenum, New York.
Orser, C. E., Jr. (1999). Negotiating our 'Familiar' Pasts. In Tarlow, S., and West, S. (eds.), The Familiar Past? Archaeologies of Later Historical Britain, Routledge, London, pp. 273-285.