Putting the "There" There:
Historical Archaeologies of West Oakland

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Chapter 3: Consumerism, Living Conditions, and Material Well-Being

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• Consumer Goods

• Health and Nutrition

• Science at the Table

Chapter 4: Consuming Aspirations: Bric-A-Brac and the Politics of Victorian Materialism in West Oakland

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• Introduction

• Bric-a-Brac’s Symbolic “Politics”

• The Morals of Bric-a-Brac Consumption

• The Ambiguity of Bric-a-Brac

• “That Middle State”: Desire, Ambition, and Bric-a-Brac

• Modeling Parlors: Decorative Aesthetics and Pullman Cars

• Religion and Domesticity in the Victorian Parlor

• Conclusion

Chapter 5: Outside the Marketplace: Adaptive Strategies and Self Reliance, Making it and Making Do

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• Game and Fish From the Oakland Estuary

• Building West Oakland

• Riches from the Backyard and Open Spaces

• “The Sewing Hour is a Pretty Scene”

• Strutting Your Stuff: Fashion Strategies of the Frugal of West Oakland

• Repair, Recycle, Reuse

• Discarding the Unwanted