Archaeology and Created Memory: Public History in a National Park

by Paul A. Shackel

Preface. Harpers A Place in Time. Section Occupied Harpers Ferry During the Civil War. 1. `All about Us Was the Wreckage of the Harpers Ferry During the War. 2. `A Village of An Archaeology of Occupied Harpers Ferry. Section Rebuilding Harpers Ferry After the War. 3. `The Place Never Will Be Anything Lower Town Harpers Ferry and Victorian America. 4. `The Handsomest House in Two Urban Development of an Elite Household in Harpers Ferry. 5. `The Natural Limits of Human Endurance': Brewery Workers, Bottlers, and Labor Unrest. 6. `A Miserable Mockery of a Boardinghouse Life in the Lower Town. 7. The Assassination of Material Wealth and Consumption in Victorian Harpers Ferry. References. List of Tables. List of Figures.

Genres: History, Archaeology

222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000