Material culture books

English summary: Who inherits cultural heritage in a globalized world? How can shared heritage concepts be integrated...  Read More >>

"""An examination of dolls and how they model an idealized feminine self, instructing girls what to strive for,...  Read More >>

The gigantic covert wartime mission led by the men and women of London's museums and galleries to save the nation's...  Read More >>

This study offers a new approach to the history of sites, archaeology, and heritage formation in Asia, through the...  Read More >>

How did the French rule their colonial overseas possessions dispersed all over the world? This book focuses on local...  Read More >>

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

The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges Between East and West, originally written in Chinese by Rong Xinjiang and now...  Read More >>

The story of the world’s most famous liner, told through a fascinating selection of important objects  Read More >>

This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects...  Read More >>

The Social Lives of Chinese Objects is the first anthology of texts to apply Arjun Appadurai’s well-known argument...  Read More >>

This Element contributes to the expanding field of early modern cultural studies in a global perspective by exploring...  Read More >>

A superbly illustrated, innovative history of British art, seen from the perspective of the home.  Read More >>

This monograph probes the complex artistic contacts between Italy and Cyprus, c.1200-1400. The book, which falls...  Read More >>

The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War...  Read More >>

The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War...  Read More >>

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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 Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines...  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 Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in...  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 first in-depth study to map out the representation of consumption in contemporary Brazilian prose. The book...  Read More >>

"""Through an exploration of the history of male facial hair in England, Alun Withey underscores its complex meanings,...  Read More >>

"The study of magical texts of the Classical, Greco-Roman and Late Antique World has experienced a remarkable impulse...  Read More >>