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This new book will provide a ground breaking discussion of a major but little considered issue - the silence of the archive: why archives, sometimes seen as the repositories of truth, often fail to satisfy users because they do not contain information which they expect to find. Silences range from details of individuals' lives to records of state oppression or of intelligence operations. The book brings together ideas from a wide range of fields, from contemporary history through family history research to Shakespearian studies. It describes why there are these silences, what the impact of them is, how researchers have responded to them and what the silence of the archive means for researchers in the digital age.

Archivistics --- Archives --- Appraisal of archival materials. --- Records retention. --- Documents d'archives --- Calendrier de conservation (Archives) --- Acquisitions --- Evaluation --- 930.25 --- 930.25 Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Record retention schedules --- Retaining records --- Retention of records --- Records --- Appraisal of archival materials --- Acquisitions (Archives) --- Archive acquisitions --- Archival appraisal --- Evaluation of archival materials --- Selection of archival materials --- Archival materials --- Records retention --- Acquisitions. --- Management

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This edited volume brings new perspectives on the topic maritime archaeology of the slave trade in the Caribbean. The book focuses on shipwrecks of the slave trade in the 18th century and suggests that there is a more complex and challenging social narrative than has previously been discussed. The authors examine biographies of ships, crew members, voyage logs, cargo inventories, trader correspondence and contextual analysis of the artifact assemblages to bring new insights into the microeconomics and maritime traditions of these floating prisons. The illustrious biography of Captain Edward Thache (aka Blackbeard) reveals past identities as a naval officer, slave trader, and pirate. Categories of artifacts in archaeological collections represent cultural connections and traditions of enslaved Africans. The volume includes several case studies that inform these narratives and examines slave ships such as la Concorde, Henrietta Marie, Whydah, La Marie Seraphique and Marquis de Bouillé. Within the larger context of slave trade during the 18th century, authors explore legal and illegal trade in the British West Indies. These studies also address the plethora of social, political, and environmental impacts on these island communities that played an integral and strategic role in slave trade economics. This volume presents up-to-date research of professional maritime historians, artifact curators, and marine archaeologists drawing upon primary source documents, artwork, and material culture. The research collaborators reconstruct the international spheres of colonial North America, Europe, Africa, and West Indies. It is an interwoven narrative, both unique and typical, to the social and economic dynamics of 18th century Atlantic World.

International relations. Foreign policy --- Archeology --- History --- imperialisme --- geschiedenis --- archeologie --- kolonialisme

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Underwater archaeology. --- Archaeology, Submarine --- Marine archaeology --- Maritime archaeology --- Nautical archaeology --- Submarine archaeology --- Archaeology --- Underwater exploration --- Marine archaeologists