1. Do History and Historical Archaeology Matter? Section One: What are Our Ambitions? 2. The Goals of Historical Archaeology3. Preserving and Interpreting Sites4. Rewriting Documentary History5. Reconstructing People's Ways of Life6. Improving Archaeological Methods7. Understanding Modernization and GlobalizationSection Two: What Do We Care About?8. A Questioning Attitute9. Defining Our Topics10. Colonialism, Capitalism, and Slavery11. What is our Evidence?12. Ideology, Ambiguity and Muted Groups13. Ethical ConsiderationsSection Three: A Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology 14. Introduction to a Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology15. The Survival of the English Colony at Jamestown16. Mission San Luis de Talimali17. Enclosure of the English Countryside18. Capitalism, the Georgian Order, and a Woman19. Australia's Convict Past20. African American Life21. The Machine in the Garden22. The Inner-City working class23. Garbage and Garbage-in-WaitingSection Four: Historical Archaeology as Public Scholarship24. Introcustion to Public Archaeology25. Public Memory and Public Places26. Education and Outreach27. What about the Painful Past?28. History and the Culture Wars29. Civic Renewal and Restorative Justice30. Transformative Learning31. Some Closing Thoughts Further Readings

What is historical archaeology and why is it important? This book addresses these key questions and covers the goals of historical archaeological work, the kinds of questions asked, and the ethical and political concerns addressed. It shows what historical archaeology can provide that neither of its parent disciplines can offer alone