Material culture books

The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary...  Read More >>

This book explores the transformation of the window during the Early Modern Period in Europe. Following the Italian...  Read More >>

Unmarked on maps and largely unnoticed by urban design, architecture, and planning communities, Combat Cities have...  Read More >>

Opposing a regime of accumulation and abstraction This anthology explores the tension between abstraction...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period 1900 to today, a time marked by massive global...  Read More >>

The story of the Roman Empire's enormous wine industry told through the remarkable ceramic storage and shipping...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary study of the uses, meanings, and social impact of Viking Age textiles.  Read More >>

Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe....  Read More >>

The essays in this volume show that Versailles was not the static creation of one man, but a hugely complex cultural...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary collection focuses on enclosure, deception and secrecy in three spatial areas – the body,...  Read More >>

A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from...  Read More >>

Explorers, Dreamers and Thieves is an adventure through memory and archives. This book is an exercise in invention...  Read More >>

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Toys are terrific fun to play with! But have you ever wondered what your toy truck was made of? What about how your...  Read More >>

Hear the voices of the eighteenth century: an eye-opening new history of Britain's most tumultuous period, told...  Read More >>

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Beading fosters traditional methods of teaching and learning and enables intergenerational transmissions of pattern...  Read More >>