Material culture books

An in-depth study analysing the relationship between the Italian ready-to-wear fashion industry and the Chinese...  Read More >>

A history of the Palace of Versailles as the paradigm of cultural capital in Western architecture, interior design,...  Read More >>

Strategien der Wiederverwendung und des Recyclings von Materialien und Objekten aus China verfügen über eine lange...  Read More >>

A compelling history of the world told through the vessels that traversed its waterways and oceans  Read More >>

An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play:...  Read More >>

An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play:...  Read More >>

Brings together a breadth of perspectives addressing media materialities, and their significance to the study of...  Read More >>

A memoir, essay, history, travelogue, and meditation on the mighty taco.  Read More >>

The eight studies presented here on late medieval religious objects provide new insight into miracle stories, spiritual...  Read More >>

A history of the Palace of Versailles as the paradigm of cultural capital in Western architecture, interior design,...  Read More >>

Drawing from a life shared with her partner and their cats, Rebecca van Laer shows that cats’ supposed faults –...  Read More >>

Industrial memory in North East England examines how the region's industrial myth and memory have been articulated...  Read More >>

Objects allow us to reach out and touch the past and they play a living role in history today. Through them we can...  Read More >>

The captivating story of football told through 100 amazing objects collected from its rich history – a must-read...  Read More >>

Employs an anthropological framework to analyse evidence for provincial cultural traditions in the Roman Empire....  Read More >>

""This innovative, wide-ranging and erudite book illuminates the sophistication of artistic exchange at this time...  Read More >>

A dazzling, soul-stirring journey through the lost and endangered crafts that shaped Britain from multi-award-winning...  Read More >>

""Presents 37 innovative material-based perspectives to provide an overview of religions of the ancient Near East...  Read More >>

Tracing the dissemination of Secessionist ideas of child creativity – from their origination in early-20th century...  Read More >>

This book explores ruins whose intersections of symbolic messaging and material experience critique the modern project....  Read More >>

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The Nightwatchman: Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa brings into focus African men in colonial uniforms...  Read More >>

This book looks at the development of bhakti devotion and its influences across India and in the diaspora from the...  Read More >>

An exploration of textile’s rich history as a communicative medium, and its appropriation by colonialist and capitalist...  Read More >>

The story through objects of the SOE, an undercover outfit of fifth columnists tasked to mobilise resistance, hamstring...  Read More >>