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Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life

Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life

Sheumaker, Helen
Wajda, Shirley

Hardcover

General Sociology

ISBN10: 1576076474
ISBN13: 9781576076477
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Oct 1 2007
Pages: 592
Weight: 2.55
Height: 1.38 Width: 7.32 Depth: 10.01
Language: English

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.

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