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

PART III

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Chapter 6. “Busy as Bees”: Women, Work, and Material Culture in West Oakland Learn more about Chapter 6 Download Chapter06.pdf (1.55 MB)	Material Evidence of Women's Work Women at Work in West Oakland Observations and Conclusions

Chapter 7: Aristocracies of Labor: Craft Unionism, Immigration, and Working-Class Households Learn more about Chapter 7 Download Chapter07.pdf (1.29 MB)	Introduction The Railroad Hegemony and Victorian Middle-Class Culture The Study Conclusions

Chapter 8: Chinese Oaklanders: Overcoming the Odds" Learn more about Chapter 8 Download Chapter08.pdf (875 KB)	Overseas Chinese in 19th-Century Northern California and the Sojourner Concept Chinese Laundries Material Remains of the "Resourceful Chinese"

Chapter 9: The Landscape(s) of Lodging in West Oakland Learn more about Chapter 9 Download Chapter09.pdf (2.48 MB)	Renting a Room Off Seventh Street Lodging on Seventh Street Heterogeneity in Landscape and Practice

Chapter 10: “Black Is Beautiful”: From Porters to Panthers in West Oakland Learn more about Chapter 10 Download Chapter10.pdf (1.92 MB)	Black Railroaders in West Oakland The Archaeology of Black Families War, Peace, Jazz, and the Union “Blight” and Redevelopment Loma Prieta Tremblor Shakes Up the Community Connecting Past and Present