How Long to Read A Democracy of Goods

How Long Does it Take to Read A Democracy of Goods?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 11 minutes to read A Democracy of Goods by Jakob Crockett

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Description

This dissertation examines the formation of commodity landscapes that manifested between 1870 and 1930 at the Mann-Simons site, a collection of commercial and domestic spaces in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, owned and operated by the same African American family from the mid-nineteenth century to 1970. Primary data comes from archaeological excavations at the site. Through a lens of commodities production and consumption, I tell three stories of the family and property using a varietyof theoretical tools, including discourse materialized, hybridity, object mediation, and thick description. By considering, in turn, the same set of archaeologically-recovered objects from three distinct vantage points - consumption, production, and heritage - the Mann-Simons site illuminates how commodity landscapes shaped, and were shaped by, discourses at myriad scales and how these landscapes mediated practice and knowledges.The first story is one of production, telling a story of the social lives of things understood independently of the practices of the family. I demonstrate how discourses of health and sanitation linked objects from linoleum to brightly-colored walls; how home electrification influenced the materials of which buttons were made; and how the application of the predictive commodity flow model is useful for understanding alternative market interactions. The second story, one of consumption, is a story of object biographies. I demonstrate that through an understanding of object mediation and ideas of technology, the Mann-Simons family at the turn of the twentieth century was using the emerging world of commodities to tie themselves into a desiredfuture trajectory, one that would become mainstream by the 1930s: commodities as the path to modernity. The final story is one of heritage. I suggest that museums are social-material hybrids that mediate visitors' conceptions of authenticity, knowledge, and history. At the Mann-Simons site, this hybridity shaped the meaning and significance of this site-turned-house museum over the past forty-years. I further examine the role of archaeology within and for various publics and present a framework for integrating critical and empirical archaeologies. I conclude with an examination of my metaquestion:what is the value of archaeologies of the recent past?

How long is A Democracy of Goods?

A Democracy of Goods by Jakob Crockett is 484 pages long, and a total of 122,936 words.

This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 150% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Democracy of Goods Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 11 minutes to read A Democracy of Goods aloud.

What Reading Level is A Democracy of Goods?

A Democracy of Goods is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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