Everill (applied archaeological techniques, U. of Winchester, United Kingdom) describes what he sees as a crisis in British commercial archaeology, a relatively neglected segment of the discipline in the United Kingdom. The author, in this monograph, examines the historical background of the growth of "developer-led" archaeology and portrays the lives and working environments of commercial archaeologists. It also explores how working practices in commercial archaeology affect pay, conditions of employment, the excavation process, and the production of knowledge from them. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)