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Author Matthews, Christopher N., 1965- author.

Title A struggle for heritage : archaeology and civil rights in a Long Island community / Christopher N. Matthews.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cultural heritage studies
Cultural heritage studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: A Long Time Coming -- How History Controls the Past -- A Counter-Map of Setauket -- From Creole Synthesis to Racial Modernity -- Archaeological Histories of the Silas Tobias and Jacob and Hannah Hart Sites -- Material Histories and the Dynamics of Racism in Setauket -- Conclusion: Resistance, History, and Civil Rights.
Summary "Based on ten years of collaborative, community-based research, this book examines the history of race and racism in a mixed-heritage Native American and African American community on Long Island's North Shore, demonstrating how archaeology can be an activist voice for a vulnerable population's civil rights"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- Setauket.
Excavations (Archaeology)
New York (State) -- Setauket.
Civil rights -- New York (State) -- Setauket -- History.
Civil rights.
History.
Setauket (N.Y.) -- History.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
New York (State) -- Long Island.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Matthews, Christopher N., 1965- A struggle for heritage Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020] 9780813066684 (DLC) 2020017096
ISBN 9780813057682 electronic book
081305768X electronic book
9780813058870 electronic book
0813058872 electronic book
9780813066684 hardcover