It is worth noting that the price for the e-book is considerably lower than that of the print book (just $139). Many Springer publications are bundled up and available through larger libraries, so I'm sure many of us at academic institutions will have access. These e-books also (unlike many) allow you to download PDFs of chapters, which is always convenient for teaching. It also means that if you can track someone down with library access to the book, they can probably send you a copy of any specific chapter(s) that you want to read.
I'm looking forward to reading this important contribution to historical archaeology outside of the U.S. and am glad that the authors have taken the trouble to publish in English.
Best,
Sarah
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Boyer, Jeffrey, DCA
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:41 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
Based on Barb's description, personal knowledge of the volume, and relevant observation that North American archaeologists don't often make serious attempts to bridge national, oceanic, and language borders, I think the volume might be a worthwhile research tool, especially for current theoretical and conceptual approaches across those borders.
But I also know it's Dom Perignon cost is light years past my Dr Pepper budget. Consequently, I will likely never know its actual value and that's a real shame. I can ask our librarian to buy a copy but she'll have to decide whether it's worth the expense relative to all the other books and journals she has to keep up with so I won't hold my breath.
No doubt Springer knows that the book won't end up on the NY Time bestseller list--which is also a shame--and has to set a high price point to recoup (sp?) at least some of the pub costs. But that price will, I suspect, diminish its distribution to people who would benefit.
Jeff
Jeffrey L. Boyer, RPA
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Nan A Rothschild [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
Good for you Barb!
Nan
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Please excuse typos
> On Dec 11, 2014, at 10:39 AM, Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear hist arch colleagues,
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> I too was taken aback by the price of this book - I do not pretend to
> understand Springer's pricing model, which clearly is focused on
> library acquisitions rather than individual readers.
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> I do want to address Bill's comment about translation/copyediting,
> which I trust was aimed at Springer's production department and not
> the contributing authors.
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> Many of the contributing scholars do not speak English as their first
> language, and it was an incredible effort and commitment on their part
> to write and publish their work in English so that it would be
> accessible to those of us who are not fluent in Spanish and
> Portuguese. Very few United States historical archaeologists make the
> same effort to publish our work in languages other than English.
> Having worked closely on book projects with other international
> scholars, I know there is a fine line between copyediting for clarity
> and transforming the meanings of the author's original text. As the
> volume commentator, I read the whole book cover to cover. I could clearly understand the content of each chapter.
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> I hope that the price and technical editing concerns don't detract too
> much from the potential impact of this important volume. Similar to
> Funari, Jones, and Hall's 1999 Historical Archaeology: Back From The
> Edge, this book brings Latin American and Iberian historical
> archaeology and theory to an English-speaking audience, and opens new
> pathways to north-south and transoceanic dialogues about the
> archaeology of colonialism. That's worth celebrating!
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> --Barb
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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Bill Green
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> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:50 AM
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> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: HISTARCH Digest - 9 Dec 2014 to 10 Dec 2014 (#2014-232)
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> Not to pile on -- the chapter titles look interesting -- but for
> $179.00 I expect a well translated and decently copy edited book.
> Click on the "Free Preview" in the link Barb Voss provided and cringe
> at the first sentence and the second paragraph. I could not continue reading.
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> Bill Green
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>> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:32:36 -0500
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>> From: "Timothy K. Perttula" <
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>> Subject: Re: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
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>> Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
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>> At $179.00 for a moderately-sized book, saying it is pricy is a bit
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>> of an understatement. Too bad Springer can't put out a book that the
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>> archeological community can afford.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]>
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>> To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Sent: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 8:03 pm
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>> Subject: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
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>> Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> Pedro Funari and Maria Ximena Senatore have a great new book out that
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>> may be of interest to some of you: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
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>> Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
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>> http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/
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>> ook/97
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>> 8-3-319-08068-0
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>> Full disclosure: I wrote the end-of-book commentary, so I got to have
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>> an early read of the manuscript while it was still in production.
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>> It's really an impressive collection with a great variety of
>> important
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>> case studies from throughout the Americas and Iberia.
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>> Like all Springer books, it's pricey, so you might want to ask your
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>> library to get a copy.
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>> --Barb
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