Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
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addiction
American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
archaeology
Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
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capitalist system
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colonial tobacco network
consumption
cultural identity
cultural processes
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Georgia Fox
history
intoxicants
Jamaica
luxury goods
Michael Nassaney
Native Americans
perceptions
Port Royal
ritual
smoking culture
smoking pipes
staple crop
tobacco
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- ISBN 9780813054131
- Weight: 280g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Smoking pipes are among the most commonly found artifacts at North American archaeological sites, affirming the prevalence and longevity of smoking as a cultural practice. Yet surprisingly this is the first study in historical archaeology to broadly interpret tobacco and smoking-related activities along with the clues they give about past societies.
In The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco, Georgia Fox analyzes the archaeological record to survey the discovery, production, consumption, and trade of this once staple crop. She also examines how tobacco use has influenced the evolution of an American cultural identity, including perceptions of glamour, individuality, patriotism, class, gender, ethnicity, and worldliness.
Employing material culture found throughout North America and the Caribbean, Fox considers the ways in which Native Americans, enslaved Africans, the working class, the Irish, and women used tobacco. Her own research in Port Royal, Jamaica—an important New World hub in the British-colonial tobacco network—provides a fascinating case study to investigate the consumption of luxury goods in the pre-industrial era and the role tobacco played in an emerging capitalist world system and global economy.
In The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco, Georgia Fox analyzes the archaeological record to survey the discovery, production, consumption, and trade of this once staple crop. She also examines how tobacco use has influenced the evolution of an American cultural identity, including perceptions of glamour, individuality, patriotism, class, gender, ethnicity, and worldliness.
Employing material culture found throughout North America and the Caribbean, Fox considers the ways in which Native Americans, enslaved Africans, the working class, the Irish, and women used tobacco. Her own research in Port Royal, Jamaica—an important New World hub in the British-colonial tobacco network—provides a fascinating case study to investigate the consumption of luxury goods in the pre-industrial era and the role tobacco played in an emerging capitalist world system and global economy.
Georgia L. Fox is professor of anthropology at California State University, Chico, USA.
