Dear hist arch colleagues,
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.
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.
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.
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!
--Barb
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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.
Bill Green
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> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:32:36 -0500
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> Subject: Re: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
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> At $179.00 for a moderately-sized book, saying it is pricy is a bit
> of an understatement. Too bad Springer can't put out a book that the
> archeological community can afford.
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> From: Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
> 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
> may be of interest to some of you: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
> Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
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> http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/b
> ook/97
> 8-3-319-08068-0
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> Full disclosure: I wrote the end-of-book commentary, so I got to have
> an early read of the manuscript while it was still in production.
> It's really an impressive collection with a great variety of important
> 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
> library to get a copy.
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> --Barb
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