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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.097303
EAN: 9781576076477
ISBN: 1576076474
Label: ABC-CLIO
Manufacturer: ABC-CLIO
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 569
Publication Date: 2007-11-07
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Release Date: 2007-11-07
Studio: ABC-CLIO

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This is 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.You can tell a lot about people by looking at their stuff - the things they make, possess, think, and value. That is the idea that drives the field of material culture, in which scholars explore the meaning of objects of a given society. And nowhere are those meanings more revealing than in the material culture of 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.

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Customer Rating: Summary: Good overview of the subject Comment: Good general overview wth a wide range, can be used as a source or reference book/encyclopedia for this topic area.

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