Artifacts from Modern America
byHelen Sheumaker, PhD, is a lecturer in history and American studies at Miami University of Ohio.
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9781440846830
MLA
Sheumaker, Helen. Artifacts from Modern America. Greenwood, 2017. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440846830.
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Sheumaker, Helen. Artifacts from Modern America. Greenwood, 2017. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440846830
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Sheumaker, H. (2017). Artifacts from Modern America. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440846830
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This intriguing book examines how material objects of the 20th century—ranging from articles of clothing to tools and weapons, communication devices, and toys and games—reflect dominant ideas and testify to the ways social change happens.
• Supplies numerous examples of the ways in which American innovation depended on immigrants who invented new technologies and contributed immeasurably towards a uniquely powerful American economy• Demonstrates how American material life was created through globalization, from products imported into this country, such as Atari's video game console, to American products dependent upon imported materials, such as American cigarettes that used imported tobacco, and the coffee percolator on the kitchen table, serving up imported brewed coffee beans
• Highlights how the ongoing struggle to achieve true equality and democracy is evidenced through objects such as a voting machine from 1900, the bus that Rosa Parks boarded, the buttons worn by gay rights activists, and the robe Muhammad Ali, a converted Muslim American, fought in—material items that played a role in the ongoing project of American political life
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Table of Contents
Artifacts from Modern America
Author(s): Sheumaker, Helen;Contributors: Sheumaker, Helen;Abstract:This intriguing book examines how material objects of the 20th century—ranging from articles of clothing to tools and weapons, communication devices, and toys and games—reflect dominant ideas and testify to the ways social change happens.
• Supplies numerous examples of the ways in which American innovation depended on immigrants who invented new technologies and contributed immeasurably towards a uniquely powerful American economy• Demonstrates how American material life was created through globalization, from products imported into this country, such as Atari's video game console, to American products dependent upon imported materials, such as American cigarettes that used imported tobacco, and the coffee percolator on the kitchen table, serving up imported brewed coffee beans
• Highlights how the ongoing struggle to achieve true equality and democracy is evidenced through objects such as a voting machine from 1900, the bus that Rosa Parks boarded, the buttons worn by gay rights activists, and the robe Muhammad Ali, a converted Muslim American, fought in—material items that played a role in the ongoing project of American political life
SortTitle: artifacts from modern americaAuthor Info:Helen SheumakerauthorHelen Sheumaker, PhD, is a lecturer in history and American studies at Miami University of Ohio.
eISBN-13: 9781440846830Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440846830.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440846823Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 384Publication Date: 20171130Series: Daily Life through Artifacts- Cover page a1
- Halftitle page i2
- Series page ii3
- Title page iii4
- Copyright page iv5
- CONTENTS v6
- PREFACE vii8
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi12
- INTRODUCTION xiii14
- HOW TO EVALUATE ARTIFACTS xxi22
- CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS xxv26
- Communications 134
- Cooking, Food, and Drink 4376
- Entertainment 77110
- Grooming, Clothing, and Accessories 103136
- Health and Medicine 143176
- Household Items 169202
- Political and Civic Life 195228
- Religion 225258
- Tools and Weapons 247280
- Transportation 273306
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 323356
- Index 333366