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| The wild west: Archaeological and historical investigations of Victorian culture on the frontier at Fort Laramie, Wyoming (1849-1890) | |
| Wolff, Sarah E. | |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 学位类型 | 博士 |
| 导师 | Pavao-Zuckerman, Barnet ; Sheridan, Thomas |
| 学位授予单位 | The University of Arizona |
| 英文摘要 | This dissertation addresses how Victorian class hierarchy persisted on the frontier, and manifested in aspects of military life at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Historians have argued that Victorian culture was omnipresent, but forts were located on the frontier, which was removed from the cultural core. While social status differences were a central aspect of Victorian culture, few studies have investigated how resilient class divisions were in differing landscapes. The U.S. western frontier was a landscape of conflict, and under the continual stress of potential violence, it is possible that Victorian social status differences weakened. While status differences in the military were primarily signaled through rank insignia and uniforms, this research focuses on subtle everyday inequalities, such as diet and pet dogs. Three independent lines of evidence from Fort Laramie, Wyoming (1849–1890) suggest that Victorian social status differences did persist despite the location. The Rustic Hotel (1876–1890), a private hotel at Fort Laramie, served standardized Victorian hotel dishes, which could be found in urban upper-class hotels. Within the military, the upper-class officers dined on the best cuts of beef, hunted prestige game birds, and supplemented their diet with sauger/walleye fish. Enlisted men consumed poorer cuts of beef, hunted smaller game mammals, and caught catfish. Officers also owned well-bred hunting dogs, which were integrated into the family. In contrast, a company of enlisted men frequently adopted a communal mongrel as a pet. This project increases our knowledge of the everyday life on the frontier and social relationships between officers and enlisted men in the U.S. Army. It also contributes to a larger understanding of Victorian culture class differences in frontier regions. |
| 英文关键词 | Dogs Frontier military Historical archaeology Hotels Military diet Victorian culture |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | United States |
| 来源学科分类 | Archaeology; American history; Military history |
| URL | https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1861177633.html?FMT=AI |
| 来源机构 | University of Arizona |
| 资源类型 | 学位论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/249800 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wolff, Sarah E.. The wild west: Archaeological and historical investigations of Victorian culture on the frontier at Fort Laramie, Wyoming (1849-1890)[D]. The University of Arizona,2016. |
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