An Archaeology of Unchecked Capitalism
From the American Rust Belt to the Developing World
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Publishing:1st Oct '25
£23.95
This title is due to be published on 1st October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The racialization of immigrant labor and the labor strife in the coal and textile communities in northeastern Pennsylvania appears to be an isolated incident in history. Rather this history can serve as a touchstone, connecting the history of the exploited laborers to today’s labor in the global economy. By drawing parallels between the past and present – for example, the coal mines of the nineteenth-century northeastern Pennsylvania and the sweatshops of the twenty-first century in Bangladesh – we can have difficult conversations about the past and advance our commitment to address social justice issues.
“Highly recommended.”• Choice
“This is an important and insightful book that demonstrates how social injustice is perpetuated in the legacy of exploitation in the past and our failure to protect developing nations from the same fate in the present.”• Antiquity
“This is a magnificent book and deserves to be widely read. At a time when many people around the world are losing faith in politicians and American global leadership it illustrates how historical archaeology can connect past and present and reveals how the ‘slow violence’ of industrial capitalism has devastated landscapes and continues to blight the lives of transgenerational global communities.”• James Symonds, University of Amsterdam
ISBN: 9781836953234
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
164 pages