History and material culture : a student's guide to approaching alternative sources /
History and material culture : a student's guide to approaching alternative sources /
edited by Karen Harvey.
- xiv, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- The Routledge guides to using historical sources .
- Routledge guides to using historical sources. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: History and Material Culture / Practical Matters: Material Culture and Historical Research / Object Biographies: From Production to Consumption / Using Buildings in Social History / Style and Ornament as Evidence / Draping the Body and Dressing the Home: Exploring the Material Culture of Textiles and Clothing / High Design and Regional Cultures / Mundane Materiality, or, Should Small Things Still be Forgotten? Material Culture, Microhistories and the Problem of Scale / Things and Historical Narratives / Objects and Agency / Karen Harvey -- Karen Harvey -- Karin Dannehl -- Anne Laurence -- Andrew Morrall -- Beverly Lemire -- Helen Berry -- Sara Pennell -- Giorgio Reillo -- Angela McShane and Glenn Adamson. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Sources are the raw material of history, but where the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source, today historians are increasingly recognizing the value of sources beyond text. In History and Material Culture, Karen Harvey embarks upon a discussion about material culture - considering objects, often those found surrounding us in day to day life, as sources, which can help historians develop new interpretations and new knowledge about the past. Across ten chapters, different historians look at a variety of material sources from around the globe and across centuries to assess how such sources can be used to study history. While the sources are discussed from 'interdisciplinary' perspectives, each contributor examines how material culture can be approached from an historical viewpoint, and each chapter addresses its theme or approach in a way accessible to readers without expertise in the area. In her introduction, Karen Harvey discusses some of the key issues raised when historians use material culture, and suggests some basic steps for those new to these kinds of sources. Opening up the discipline of history to new approaches, and introducing those working in other disciplines to historical approaches, this book is the ideal introduction to the opportunities and challenges of researching material culture."--Publisher's website.
0415468493 9780415468497 041545932X 9780415459327
2008042321
Material culture--Research--Methodology
History--Research
GN406 / .H58 2009
930.1072
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: History and Material Culture / Practical Matters: Material Culture and Historical Research / Object Biographies: From Production to Consumption / Using Buildings in Social History / Style and Ornament as Evidence / Draping the Body and Dressing the Home: Exploring the Material Culture of Textiles and Clothing / High Design and Regional Cultures / Mundane Materiality, or, Should Small Things Still be Forgotten? Material Culture, Microhistories and the Problem of Scale / Things and Historical Narratives / Objects and Agency / Karen Harvey -- Karen Harvey -- Karin Dannehl -- Anne Laurence -- Andrew Morrall -- Beverly Lemire -- Helen Berry -- Sara Pennell -- Giorgio Reillo -- Angela McShane and Glenn Adamson. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Sources are the raw material of history, but where the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source, today historians are increasingly recognizing the value of sources beyond text. In History and Material Culture, Karen Harvey embarks upon a discussion about material culture - considering objects, often those found surrounding us in day to day life, as sources, which can help historians develop new interpretations and new knowledge about the past. Across ten chapters, different historians look at a variety of material sources from around the globe and across centuries to assess how such sources can be used to study history. While the sources are discussed from 'interdisciplinary' perspectives, each contributor examines how material culture can be approached from an historical viewpoint, and each chapter addresses its theme or approach in a way accessible to readers without expertise in the area. In her introduction, Karen Harvey discusses some of the key issues raised when historians use material culture, and suggests some basic steps for those new to these kinds of sources. Opening up the discipline of history to new approaches, and introducing those working in other disciplines to historical approaches, this book is the ideal introduction to the opportunities and challenges of researching material culture."--Publisher's website.
0415468493 9780415468497 041545932X 9780415459327
2008042321
Material culture--Research--Methodology
History--Research
GN406 / .H58 2009
930.1072