Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1576076474 ISBN 13 : 9781576076477

Editeur : ABC-CLIO, 2007

Synopsis

The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States.

Reaching back 400 years, Material Life in America: An Encyclopedia is the first reference showing what the study of material culture reveals about American society—revelations not accessible through traditional sources and methods.

In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts, concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more. Everyone from researchers and curators to students and general readers will find example after example of how the objects and environments created or altered by humans reveal as much about American life as diaries, documents, and texts.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Helen Sheumaker, PhD, is associate professor of American studies and coordinator of museum education at the William Holmes McGuffey Museum at Miami University, Oxford, OH.

Shirley Teresa Wajda, PhD, teaches in the Department of History at Kent State University, Kent, OH. She is also coordinator of the American studies program.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ABC-CLIO
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1576076474
• ISBN 13: 9781576076477
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 569
• Éditeur: Sheumaker Helen, Wajda Shirley
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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