A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in the material world as objects shifted from the handmade to the machine made. The revolution in making, and in consuming the things which were made, impacted on lives at every scale –from body to home to workplace to city to nation. Beyond the explosion in technology, scientific knowledge, manufacturing, trade, and museums, changes in class structure, politics, ideology, and morality all acted to transform the world of objects.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds.
Carolyn White is Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Volume 5 in the Cultural History of Objects set.
General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte
Edited by:
Dr Carolyn White
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 169mm,
ISBN: 9781350463622
ISBN 10: 1350463620
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 02 May 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
VOLUME 5: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY Edited by Carolyn White, University of Nevada, Reno, USA 1. Objecthood, Lu Ann De Cunzo 2. Technology, Tim Scarlett & Steven A. Walton 3. Economic Objects, Cassie Newland 4. Everyday Objects, Dan Hicks 5. Art, Maggie Cao 6. Architecture, William Whyte 7. Bodily Objects, Diana DiPaolo Loren 8. Object Worlds, Barbara Heath
Carolyn White, Mamie Kleberg Professor of Historic Preservation, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno
