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History and Its Objects: Antiquarianism and Material Culture since 1500
Peter N. Miller
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Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
Cultural history is increasingly informed by the history of material culture-the ways in which individuals or entire societies create and relate to objects both mundane and extraordinary-rather than on textual evidence alone. Books such as The Hare with Amber Eyes and A History of the World in 100 Objects indicate the growing popularity of this way of understanding the past. In History and Its Objects, Peter N. Miller uncovers the forgotten origins of our fascination with exploring the past through its artifacts by highlighting the role of antiquarianism-a pursuit ignored and derided by modem academic history-in grasping the significance of ... Read more
Cultural history is increasingly informed by the history of material culture-the ways in which individuals or entire societies create and relate to objects both mundane and extraordinary-rather than on textual evidence alone. Books such as The Hare with Amber Eyes and A History of the World in 100 Objects indicate the growing popularity of this way of understanding the past. In History and Its Objects, Peter N. Miller uncovers the forgotten origins of our fascination with exploring the past through its artifacts by highlighting the role of antiquarianism-a pursuit ignored and derided by modem academic history-in grasping the significance of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801453700
SKU
V9780801453700
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About Peter N. Miller
Peter N. Miller is Dean and Professor at Bard Graduate Center. He is the author most recently of Peiresc's Mediterranean World, editor of Cultural Histories of the Material World, and coeditor of Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800.
Reviews for History and Its Objects: Antiquarianism and Material Culture since 1500
Weaving together literary and scholarly insights, History and Its Objects will prove indispensable reading for historians and cultural historians, as well as anthropologists and archeologists worldwide.
Nathan Schlanger, Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris Peter N. Miller offers an original approach to the history of things, bringing what he calls a 'submerged history' of things to the surface. ... Read more
Nathan Schlanger, Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris Peter N. Miller offers an original approach to the history of things, bringing what he calls a 'submerged history' of things to the surface. ... Read more