{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-objects-dan-hicks-9781474298810","title":"A Cultural History of Objects: Volumes 1-6","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow have objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years? Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. This set brings together over 50 scholars, in 1776 pages, to examine how the world of human subjects shapes and is shaped by the world of material objects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe themes (and chapter titles) are: Objecthood; Technology; Economic Objects; Everyday Objects; Art; Architecture; Bodily Objects; Object Worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 500 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (500 to 1400); 3 - Renaissance (1400 to 1600); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1600 to 1760); 5 - Age of Industry (1760 to 1900); 6 - Modern Age (1900 to the present). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cultural Histories Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474298818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474298810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Other\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot available to be shipped via Media Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Other","offer_id":46070342025471,"sku":"9781474298810","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f67e523-ca40-4731-b5f4-e2b09417655a.jpg?v=1724242976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-objects-dan-hicks-9781474298810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}