The Oxford Handbook of History and Material Culture
Most historians rely principally on written sources. Yet there are other traces of the past available to historians: the material things that people have chosen, made, and used. This book examines how material culture can enhance historians' understanding of the past, both worldwide and across time. The successful use of material culture in history depends on treating material things of many kinds not as illustrations, but as primary evidence. Each kind of material thing-and there are many-requires the application of interpretive skills appropriate to it. These skills overlap with those acquired by scholars in disciplines that may abut histor…
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Weitere Autoren: Carter, Sarah Anne (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-750013-2
- EAN: 9780197500132
- Produktnummer: 33800653
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 696 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 10'616 KB
Über den Autor
Ivan Gaskell is Professor of Cultural History and Museum Studies at Bard Graduate Center in New York City.Sarah Anne Carter is Visiting Executive Director of the Center for Design and Material Culture and Visiting Assistant Professor of Design Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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