Material culture books

1252 books were found.

National Treasures: Saving The Nation's Art in World War II

National Treasures: Saving The Nation's Art in World...

Author: Caroline Shenton
ISBN: 9781529387452
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The gigantic covert wartime mission led by the men and women of London's museums and galleries to save the nation's...  Read More >>

The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia: A Cultural History

The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia: A Cultural History...

Author: Marieke Bloembergen ,  Martijn Eickhoff
ISBN: 9781108713061
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This study offers a new approach to the history of sites, archaeology, and heritage formation in Asia, through the...  Read More >>

Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600: Gifts as Objects

Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600: Gifts...

Author: Dr Lars Kjaer (New College of the Humanities, UK) ,  Dr Gustavs Strenga (Tallinn University, Estonia)
ISBN: 9781350183698
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe....  Read More >>

The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges between East and West

The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges between East and...

Author: Xinjiang Rong ,  Sally K Church. et al.
ISBN: 9789004512580
Format: Hardback
$752.40

The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges Between East and West, originally written in Chinese by Rong Xinjiang and now...  Read More >>

RMS Titanic in 50 Objects

RMS Titanic in 50 Objects

Author: Bruce Beveridge ,  Steve Hall
ISBN: 9780750998550
Format: Hardback
$62.99

The story of the world’s most famous liner, told through a fascinating selection of important objects  Read More >>

Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects

Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects

Author: Dr Jean de Pomereu ,  Dr Daniella McCahey
ISBN: 9781844866212
Format: Hardback
$64.69

This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects...  Read More >>

The Social Lives of Chinese Objects

The Social Lives of Chinese Objects

Author: Alice Bianchi ,  Lyce Jankowski
ISBN: 9789004521339
Format: Paperback
$388.08

The Social Lives of Chinese Objects is the first anthology of texts to apply Arjun Appadurai’s well-known argument...  Read More >>

The World in Dress: Costume Books across Italy, Europe, and the East

The World in Dress: Costume Books across Italy, Europe,...

Author: Giulia Calvi
ISBN: 9781108823302
Format: Paperback
$43.99

This Element contributes to the expanding field of early modern cultural studies in a global perspective by exploring...  Read More >>

The Private Lives of Pictures: Art at Home in Britain, 1800-1940

The Private Lives of Pictures: Art at Home in Britain,...

Author: Nicholas Tromans
ISBN: 9781789146233
Format: Hardback
$57.99

A superbly illustrated, innovative history of British art, seen from the perspective of the home.  Read More >>

Italy, Cyprus, and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean

Italy, Cyprus, and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval...

Author: Anthi Andronikou (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
ISBN: 9781316510926
Format: Hardback
$194.06

This monograph probes the complex artistic contacts between Italy and Cyprus, c.1200-1400. The book, which falls...  Read More >>

Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City

Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures...

Author: Adam Brookes
ISBN: 9781784743802
Format: Paperback
$35.00

The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War...  Read More >>

Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City

Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures...

Author: Adam Brookes
ISBN: 9781784743796
Format: Hardback
$69.99

The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War...  Read More >>

Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction

Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian...

Author: Lígia Bezerra
ISBN: 9781612497594
Format: Paperback
$72.60

The first in-depth study to map out the representation of consumption in contemporary Brazilian prose. The book...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance

Author: Professor Laurie Wilkie (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Professor John Chenoweth (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
ISBN: 9781474298735
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity

Author: Professor Laurie Wilkie (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Professor John Chenoweth (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
ISBN: 9781474298650
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age

Author: Professor Laurie Wilkie (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Professor John Chenoweth (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
ISBN: 9781474298681
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment...

Author: Professor Laurie Wilkie (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Professor John Chenoweth (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
ISBN: 9781474298780
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry...

Author: Professor Laurie Wilkie (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Professor John Chenoweth (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
ISBN: 9781474298797
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age

Author: Professor Laurie Wilkie (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Professor John Chenoweth (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
ISBN: 9781474298803
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period 1900 to today, a time marked by massive global...  Read More >>

Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction

Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian...

Author: Lígia Bezerra
ISBN: 9781612497587
Format: Hardback
$169.40

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Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900

Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice...

Author: Alun Withey (University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9781350213012
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""Through an exploration of the history of male facial hair in England, Alun Withey underscores its complex meanings,...  Read More >>

The Iconography of Magic: Images of Power and the Power of Images in Ancient and Late Antique Magic

The Iconography of Magic: Images of Power and the Power...

Author: R. Martín Hernández
ISBN: 9789042948822
Format: Paperback
$264.00

"The study of magical texts of the Classical, Greco-Roman and Late Antique World has experienced a remarkable impulse...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Hair

A Cultural History of Hair

Author: Dr Geraldine Biddle-Perry (Central St Martins, London, UK)
ISBN: 9781350287518
Format: Mixed media product
$336.38

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Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices

Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and...

Author: Kerstin Pinther ,  Kristin Kastner
ISBN: 9781350179523
Format: Hardback
$180.00

“A revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history.” – Shane White With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa,...  Read More >>

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