Detail The commercial landscape of Boston in 1800: Documentary and archaeological perspectives on the geography of retail shopkeeping Bibliografi Author: Sawtelle, Gayle Elizabeth ; Beaudry, Mary C. (Advisor) Topik: GEOGRAPHY|ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY|HISTORY; UNITED STATES Bahasa: (EN )    ISBN: 0-591-99036-9     Penerbit: Boston University     Tahun Terbit: 1999     Jenis: Theses - Dissertation Fulltext: 9901928.pdf (0.0B; 0 download) Abstract This study analyzes the retail structure of Boston in 1800. It first tabulates the numbers and types of retail shops and specialized stores in Boston using data from the town directory and tax records. It then considers the geographical structure of retailing. The locations of 'retail' craft shops and specialized stores as well as retail shops proper are reconstructed for the year 1800 and plotted on large-scale computerized maps of Boston derived from Samuel C. Clough's atlas of Boston at the time of the United States Direct Tax Census of 1798. The resultant series of aggregated and disaggregated maps makes it possible to look at locational patterns within and between the main retail shopping trades in the town. Finally, this study discusses the contributions that historical archaeology might make to the study of the urban commercial landscape. The evidence demonstrates that shopping facilities for the sale of food/drink and cloth/clothing dominated the retail shopping scene. The large number of shops and specialized stores selling food, drink, and manufactured goods, especially textiles, accords well with studies of early modern consumption patterns. The absence of evidence for retail facilities that combined the sale of food/drink and manufactured goods challenges the association that is often made between the pedestrian city and a 'general store' pattern of retailing. This analysis also shows that shopping facilities were neither overwhelmingly clustered near the central waterfront nor randomly dispersed in the way that spatial models predict. The most striking aspect of retail location in Boston was rather its linear adherence to the main routes through town. The considerable degree of spatial order that was detected among commercial activities suggests that land use in the mature American port town was also more functionally differentiated than traditional models maintain. In particular, it was possible to document the existence of a specialized West India goods warehouse that was distant from the town center, a retail shopping district that was quite distinct from the central waterfront warehouse and market districts, and streets that were devoted to an exclusive carriage trade in luxury craft goods. It is argued in closing that historical archaeology has significant, but neglected, potential for contributing to the study of commercial sites and landscapes. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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