Material culture books

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Anthropology is usually associated with the study of society, but the anthropologist must also understand people...  Read More >>

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Has material civilization spun out of control, becoming too fast for our own well-being and that of the planet?...  Read More >>

Decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings, our relationship with them, how they shape our lives and why...  Read More >>

In this original book cultural anthropologist Dina Siegel follows the route of a diamond from the mines of Africa...  Read More >>

Exploring the complex interactions between people and objects in the past, this book offers a fresh approach to...  Read More >>

An original, richly illustrated analysis of American honeymooning, 1820-1900, that offers fresh insights into the...  Read More >>

Explores the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of powerlessness over death. By attending to...  Read More >>

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Historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational, and of scarcity and abundance,...  Read More >>

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A guide for students learning what objects can mean. It takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models...  Read More >>

A guide for students learning what objects can mean. It takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models...  Read More >>

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The Advertising and Consumer Culture Reader assembles the most important writings on advertising and society. Arranged...  Read More >>

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Embarks upon a discussion about material culture - considering objects, often those found surrounding us in day...  Read More >>

Embarks upon a discussion about material culture - considering objects, often those found surrounding us in day...  Read More >>

Since the early 19th century, the bohemian has been the protagonist of the story the West has wanted to hear about...  Read More >>

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