Material culture a research guide. - XIV, 224 p. ill., index.

Material culture and cultural research / Thomas J. Schlereth -- Learning from looking / Peirce F. Lewis -- The power of things / Dell Upton -- The stuff of everyday life, American decorative arts, household furnishings / Kenneth L. Ames -- The history of technology and the study of material culture / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. -- Visible proofs / Simon J. Bronner -- Social history scholarship and material culture research / Thomas J. Schlereth -- A guide to general research resources / Thomas J. Schlereth.

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