Ideology, Power, and Capitalism: The Historical Archaeology of Consumption

Middle-Class Ideologies and American Respectability: Archaeology and the Irish Immigrant Experience

“…Paul Mullins (1999aMullins ( , b, c, 2001Mullins ( , 2004) focuses on mass consumption as a means to convey a person's expectations to the fundamental rights of American citizenship, as well as an optimistic indication of improved personal circumstances. Mullins' studies differ from the previous work as he incorporates the social construct of racism and the inequalities of racialized consumer space.…”

Industry, Heritage, the Media, and the Formation of a British National Cultural Memory

“…They are being alienated by the comfortably affluent sector of society whose ideology heritage elevates. This ideology is reinforced by the British heritage industries' obsession with works of art, castles, and stately homes (Mullins 2007).…”

Diabolical Consumerism: Mass Psychology and Social Production between the Gilded and the Golden Ages

“…In particular, it illuminates the implications of mass consumerism for the radicalized working class, invoking efforts by elites and professionals to use consumption to ameliorate, conceal, or divert from the material conditions that lead to class tension in previous decades. Previous archaeological work has examined consumer behavior preceding this period or in specific contexts with a limited applicability here (Spencer-Wood 1987;Shackel 1993Shackel , 1998Wall 1994;Mullins 1999Mullins , 2004Mullins , 2011. A few have grappled with consumption as it is tied to the epochal transformations in political economy in and around this time (Purser 1999;Wurst and McGuire 1999;Horning 2001;Wood 2002;Chicone 2006;Camp 2011).…”