Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576076477)

The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States.

Reaching back 400 years, Material Life in America: An Encyclopedia is the first reference showing what the study of material culture reveals about American society--revelations not accessible through traditional sources and methods.

In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts, concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more. Everyone from researchers and curators to students and general readers will find example after example of how the objects and environments created or altered by humans reveal as much about American life as diaries, documents, and texts.

Author: Helen Sheumaker
ISBN-10: 1576076474
ISBN-13: 9781576076477
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 10.01h x 7.32w x 1.38d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2008 pg. 111
Library Journal 04/01/2008 pg. 113
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 79