{"product_id":"british-forts-and-their-communities-archaeological-and-historical-perspectives","title":"British Forts and Their Communities: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the military features of historic forts usually receive the most attention from researchers, this volume focuses instead on the people who met and interacted in these sites. Contributors to \u003ci\u003eBritish Forts and Their Communities\u003c\/i\u003e look beyond the defensive architecture, physical landscapes, and armed conflicts to explore the complex social diversity that arose in the outposts of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forts investigated here operated at the empire's peak in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, protecting British colonial settlements and trading enclaves scattered across the globe. Locations in this volume include New York State, Michigan, the St. Lawrence River, and Vancouver, as well as sites in the Caribbean and in Africa. Using archaeological and archival evidence, these case studies show how forts brought together people of many different origins, ethnicities, identities, and social roles, from European soldiers to indigenous traders to African slaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Characterized by shifting networks of people, commodities, and ideas, these fort populations were microcosms of the emerging modern world. This volume reveals how important it is to move past the conventional emphasis on the armed might of the colonizer in order to better understand the messy, entangled nature of British colonialism and the new era it helped usher in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Zachary J.M. Beier Flordeliz T. Bugarin Robert Cromwell Christopher R. DeCorse Liza Gijanto Guido Pezzarossi Douglas Pippin Amy Roache-Fedchenko Gerald F. Schroedl David R. Starbuck Douglas C. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher R. Decorse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813056753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher R. DeCorse\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of anthropology at Syracuse University, is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAnthropology: A Global Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eZachary J. M. Beier\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53323815551274,"sku":"9780813056753","price":144.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_cd0bdc2b-1812-4b7f-b83c-b0ea6a3e2b6f.jpg?v=1793058107","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/british-forts-and-their-communities-archaeological-and-historical-perspectives","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}