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Tangible things : making history through objects / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter with photographs by Samantha S.B. van Gerbig

Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938- [Verfasserin/Verfasser] ; Gaskell, Ivan, 1955- ; Schechner, Sara ; Carter, Sarah Anne ; Gerbig, Samantha van

New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Online Ressource

Englisch

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978-0-19-938229-3 ; 0-19-938229-8

0-19-938229-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-938228-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-938229-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

9780199382286

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LOC-SH: Material culture -- Philosophy ; Civilization -- History ; Social evolution ; Material culture ; Material culture ; Social evolution ; Civilization -- History ; Material culture -- Philosophy

Electronic books / History ; Material culture ; Social evolution ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Civilization

Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past