Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life
byHelen Sheumakereditor
Shirley Teresa Wajdaeditor
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Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa Wajda. Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781576076484.
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Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa Wajda. Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life. ABC-CLIO, 2007. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781576076484
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Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa Wajda. (2007). Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781576076484
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The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States.
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"Highly recommended for college libraries and large public libraries." - Booklist"[T]his is a useful addition to undergraduate libraries, especially for the bibliographies." - Choice"Material Culture in America forms a foundation for the basic reference source in the field . . . provides material appropriate for introductory classes in the field." - Material Culture
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Table of Contents
Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life
Author(s): Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa WajdaContributors: Sheumaker, Helen; Wajda, Shirley;Abstract:The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States.
Editor(s): Sheumaker, Helen; Wajda, Shirley;SortTitle: material culture in america: understanding everyday lifeAuthor Info:Helen SheumakereditorShirley Teresa WajdaeditoreISBN-13: 9781576076484Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781576076484.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781576076477Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 592Publication Date: 20071107Subtitle: Understanding Everyday LifeTable of Contents pages: 1 2
- Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life iii4
- Contents v6
- List of Contributors ix10
- Introduction xi12
- A 120
- Adolescence 120
- Adulthood 221
- Advertisements and Advertising 322
- Aesthetic Movement 524
- African America 726
- African American Foodways 1231
- Agricultural Architecture 1332
- Agricultural Fairs and Expositions 1837
- Agricultural Work and Labor 2241
- Air and Space Transportation 2342
- Alternative Foodways 2443
- Animals 2645
- Anthropology and Archaeology 2948
- Antiques 3352
- Apartments, Tenements, and Flats 3554
- Architectural History and American Architecture 3655
- Art Deco 4160
- Art History and American Art 4261
- Art Nouveau 4665
- Arts and Crafts Movement 4766
- Attics 5069
- Auctions 5069
- Automobile Camping (Auto-Camping) 5170
- Automobiles and Automobility 5372
- B 5978
- C 7998
- Cellars and Basements 7998
- Ceramics 8099
- Childhood 82101
- Children’s Dress 85104
- Children’s Material Culture 87106
- Children’s Toys 90109
- Child’s Body 91110
- Chippendale Style 92111
- Cities and Towns 93112
- City Parks 97116
- Civic Architecture 98117
- Classical Revival (Neoclassicism) 101120
- Collecting and Collections 102121
- Colonial Revival 107126
- Commercial Architecture 109128
- Commercial Food Venues 112131
- Commercials 114133
- Commodity 118137
- Community 118137
- Company Towns 122141
- Computers and Information Technology 124143
- Consumerism and Consumption 128147
- Cosmetics, Toiletries, Perfumes, and Colognes 133152
- Cultural Geography 134153
- Cultural History 138157
- Cultural Studies 140159
- D 143162
- E 165184
- F 183202
- G 207226
- H 225244
- Halls 225244
- Handicraft and Artisanship 226245
- Heirlooms 227246
- Highways and National Highway System 228247
- Historic Preservation 229248
- Holidays and Commemorations 232251
- Homeless Residences 235254
- House, Home, and Domesticity 237256
- Houses of Worship (Ecclesiastical Architecture) 241260
- Human Aging and the Aged 244263
- Human Body 248267
- I 253272
- J 261280
- K 265284
- L 269288
- M 285304
- Mail Order Catalogues 285304
- Mannerism 286305
- Maritime Material Culture 287306
- Materials Conservation 290309
- Medical Instruments 292311
- Memory and Memorabilia 293312
- Military Dress 295314
- Mill Towns 297316
- Mobile Homes and Trailer Parks 298317
- Modernism (Art Moderne) 301320
- Money, Currency, and Value 303322
- Mourning 308327
- Mourning and Ethnicity 311330
- Museums and Museum Practice 313332
- Music and Musical Instruments 317336
- Music Ephemera 320339
- N 323342
- O 331350
- P 335354
- Parlors 335354
- Patents, Trademarks, and Brands 337356
- Penitentiaries and Prisons 340359
- Photography 344363
- Plainness (Quaker) 350369
- Planned Communities 350369
- Political Ephemera 351370
- Popular Culture 355374
- Postmodernism 358377
- Poverty 360379
- Print Culture 363382
- Printmaking and American Prints 364383
- Probate Records, Probate Inventories, and Wills 367386
- Public and Commercial Leisure, Recreation and Amusement Venues 368387
- Public Markets 370389
- Public Monuments and Popular Commemoration 371390
- Q 377396
- R 379398
- S 397416
- Scrapbooks 397416
- Secondhand Goods and Shopping 398417
- Servants’ Spaces 399418
- Service Industry Work and Labor 400419
- Service Stations 401420
- Sex and Sexuality 403422
- Shopping Centers and Shopping Malls 407426
- Silverwork and Silverware 409428
- Slavery 412431
- Social Class and Social Status 415434
- Social History 419438
- Souvenirs 422441
- Space and Place 423442
- Sports 426445
- Style 429448
- Suburbs and Suburbia 431450
- Supermarkets 436455
- T 437456
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