Material culture books

1252 books were found.

Albrecht DüRer’s Material World

Albrecht DüRer’s Material World

Author: Edward H. Wouk ,  Jennifer Spinks
ISBN: 9781526167606
Format: Paperback
$56.99

This highly illustrated catalogue presents new essays on Albrecht Dürer, focusing on an understudied aspect of his...  Read More >>

The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization: Political Iconography and Transcultural Negotiation

The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization:...

Author: Urte Krass
ISBN: 9789463725637
Format: Hardback
$477.84

The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 ended the dynastic union of Portugal and Spain. This book pioneers in reconstructing...  Read More >>

Religion, Materialism and Ecology

Religion, Materialism and Ecology

Author: Sigurd Bergmann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) ,  Kate Rigby
ISBN: 9781032341408
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This volume by leading international scholars across religious studies and the environmental humanities advances...  Read More >>

My Final Territory: Selected Essays

My Final Territory: Selected Essays

Author: Yuri Andrukhovych ,  Mark Andryczyk
ISBN: 9781487550813
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This volume presents, for the first time in English, fourteen essays by Yuri Andrukhovych, making a well-known Ukrainian...  Read More >>

The Digital Health Self: Wellness, Tracking and Social Media

The Digital Health Self: Wellness, Tracking and Social...

Author: Rachael Kent (Kings College London)
ISBN: 9781529210156
Format: Hardback
$185.00

Putting the spotlight on neoliberalism as a pervasive tool that dictates wellness as a moral obligation, this book...  Read More >>

X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries

X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight...

Author: Michael Scott
ISBN: 9781529367775
Format: Paperback
$34.99

An adventurous new history of discovery that digs up traps, curses and buried treasure...  Read More >>

X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries

X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight...

Author: Michael Scott
ISBN: 9781529367768
Format: Hardback
$59.99

An adventurous new history of discovery that digs up traps, curses and buried treasure...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword: Power, Piety and Play

A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword: Power, Piety...

Author: Dr Robert W Jones
ISBN: 9781837650361
Format: Hardback
$77.63

This study takes the sword beyond its functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artifact...  Read More >>

British Children's Literature and Material Culture: Commodities and Consumption 1850-1914

British Children's Literature and Material Culture:...

Author: Dr Jane Suzanne Carroll (Ussher Assistant Professor in Children’s Literature, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) ,  Lisa Sainsbury (University of Roehampton UK)
ISBN: 9781350201828
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The ‘golden age’ of children’s literature in the late 19th and early 20th century coincided with a boom in the production...  Read More >>

The Life Cycle of Russian Things: From Fish Guts to Fabergé, 1600 - Present

The Life Cycle of Russian Things: From Fish Guts to...

Author: Professor Matthew P. Romaniello (Weber State University, USA) ,  Professor Alison K. Smith (University of Toronto, Canada)
ISBN: 9781350186064
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The Life Cycle of Russian Things re-orients commodity studies using interdisciplinary and comparative methods to...  Read More >>

Dress History of Korea: Critical Perspectives on Primary Sources

Dress History of Korea: Critical Perspectives on Primary...

Author: Kyunghee Pyun ,  Minjee Kim
ISBN: 9781350143371
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea...  Read More >>

Weaving Europe, Crafting the Museum: Textiles, history and ethnography at the Museum of European Cultures, Berlin

Weaving Europe, Crafting the Museum: Textiles, history...

Author: Magdalena Buchczyk (CARMAH, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350226739
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Weaving Europe, Crafting the Museum delves into the history and the changing material culture in Europe through...  Read More >>

All Things Ancient Rome [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Roman World

All Things Ancient Rome [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia...

Author: Anne Leen
ISBN: 9781440862885
Format: Hardback
$564.96

Through roughly 160 alphabetically arranged reference entries, this book surveys the material culture and social...  Read More >>

Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects

Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in...

Author: Toby Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781529045987
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Memories of Dress: Recollections of Material Identities

Memories of Dress: Recollections of Material Identities...

Author: Alison Slater (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Susan Atkin (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350153790
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Memories of clothing feature prominently in auto/biographies, yet traditionally they have not been subjected to...  Read More >>

Islamicate Textiles: Fashion, Fabric, and Ritual

Islamicate Textiles: Fashion, Fabric, and Ritual

Author: Faegheh Shirazi
ISBN: 9781350291232
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Textiles and clothing are interwoven with Islamic culture. In Islamicate Textiles, readers are taken on a journey...  Read More >>

Encountering Early America

Encountering Early America

Author: Rachel Winchcombe
ISBN: 9781526171740
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Encountering early America traces the many cultural influences that shaped English understandings of the Americas...  Read More >>

Intimate Interiors: Sex, Politics, and Material Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Bedroom and Boudoir

Intimate Interiors: Sex, Politics, and Material Culture...

Author: Tara Zanardi ,  Christopher M. S. Johns
ISBN: 9781350277601
Format: Hardback
$180.00

A desire for intimacy in domestic spaces – motivated by a growing sense of individualistic expression, an incentive...  Read More >>

Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Sicily: Rebuilding after Natural Disaster

Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Martin Nixon
ISBN: 9789463725736
Format: Hardback
$390.72

The catastrophic Sicilian earthquake of 1693 led to the rebuilding of over 60 towns in the island’s south-west....  Read More >>

Things of the House: Material Culture and Migration from Post-Colonial Mozambique to Portugal

Things of the House: Material Culture and Migration...

Author: Marta Vilar Rosales
ISBN: 9781800739543
Format: Hardback
$230.29

Discussing multiple aspects of material culture and domestic consumption, this book tackles the relationship between...  Read More >>

Things Change: Black Material Culture and the Development of a Consumer Society in South Africa, 1800-2020

Things Change: Black Material Culture and the Development...

Author: Robert Ross
ISBN: 9789004543744
Format: Paperback
$176.88

Since the early nineteenth century, the things which Black South Africans have had in their homes have changed completely....  Read More >>

Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making

Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making...

Author: Anna Ploszajski
ISBN: 9781472971081
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A fresh perspective on materials science, involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working...  Read More >>

Textile Design Theory in the Making

Textile Design Theory in the Making

Author: Dr Elaine Igoe (University of Portsmouth, UK)
ISBN: 9781350254107
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Textile design inhabits a liminal space spanning art, design and craft. This book explores how textile design bridges...  Read More >>

Materializing the Bible: Scripture, Sensation, Place

Materializing the Bible: Scripture, Sensation, Place...

Author: James S. Bielo (Miami University, USA) ,  Amy R Whitehead (Oxford Brookes University UK)
ISBN: 9781350260252
Format: Paperback
$59.99

What happens when the written words of biblical scripture are transformed into experiential, choreographed environments?...  Read More >>

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