Learning from things : method and theory of material culture studies
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- ISBN: 9781560988830
- ISBN: 1560986077
- ISBN: 9781560986072
- ISBN: 1560988835
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x, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1996.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / David Kingery -- Material/culture: can the farmer and the cowman still be friends? / Jules D. Prown -- Learning from technological things / Steven Lubar -- Object lessons/object myths? what historians learn from things / Joseph J. Corn -- Object/ions: technology, culture, and gender / Ruth Oldenziel -- Formation processes of the historical and archaeological records / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Pathways to the present: in search of shirt-pocket radios with subminiature tubes / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Destruction of the archaeological heritage and the formation of museum collections: the case of Denmark / Kristian Kristiansen -- Passionate possession: the formation of private collections / Marjorie Akin. |
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Subject: | Material culture Technology and civilization Archaeology and history Technology history Civilization history Archaeology history |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | GN 406 .L43 1996 | 283307 | Stacks | Available | - |