Writing Material Culture History (Paperback, 2 ed)

List of Illustrations Introduction - Material Culture History: Methods, Practices and Disciplines, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello (both of University of Warwick, UK) Object in Focus 1 - Beyond Portraits and Pixels: Questions from the Margins of Material Culture Studies, Dana Leibsohn (Smith College, USA) Part I - The Disciplines of Material Culture 1. Im-material Culture and History of Art(efacts), Viccy Coltman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 2. Written Texts and the Performance of Materiality, Catherine Richardson (University of Kent, UK) 3. Anthropology, Archaeology, History and the Material Culture of Lycra, Kaori O'Connor (University College London, UK) Object in Focus 2 - Material Culture, Archaeology and Defining Modernity: Case Studies in Ceramic Research, David Gaimster (Hunterian Museum, UK) Object in Focus 3 - Father Amiot's Cup and the Fashioning of Antiquity, Kee Il Choi (Art Dealer, New York, USA) Object in Focus 4 - Broken Objects: Using Archaeological Ceramics in the Study of Material Culture, Suzanne F. Hood (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, USA) Object in Focus 5 - Writing our Maritime Pasts: The Belitung Shipwreck Controversy, Natali Jane Pearson (University of Sydney, Australia) Object in Focus 6 - Identity, Heritage and Memorialisation: The Tongkonan of the Toraja People of Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams (Loyola University, USA) Part II - The Methods of Material Culture 4. Spaces of Global Interactions: The Material Landscapes of Global History, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello (both of University of Warwick, UK) 5. Materialism and Material History: The French Revolution in Wallpaper, Ulrich Lehmann (The New School, USA) 6. How Things Shape Us: Material Culture and Identity in the Industrial Age, Manuel Charpy (Universite de Lille, France) Object in Focus 7 - Invisible Beds: Health and the Material Culture of Sleep, Sandra Cavallo (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Object in Focus 8 - Material Culture and Sound: A Sixteenth-Century Handbell, Flora Dennis (University of Sussex, UK) Object in Focus 9 - Interwoven Knowledge: The Understanding and Conservation of Three Carpets, Jessica Hallett and Raquel Santos (both Centre of Overseas History, Lisbon, Portugal) Object in Focus 10 - Lustrous Things: Luminosity and Reflection before the Light Bulb, Ann Smart Martin (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Object in Focus 11 - Cosmopolitan Relationships in the Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean, Christina Hellmich (De Young Museum, UK) Object in Focus 12 - Objects of Emotions: The London Foundling Hospital Tokens, 1741-1760, John Styles (University of Hertfordshire, UK) Object in Focus 13 - Time, Wear and Maintenance: The Afterlife of Things, Victoria Kelley (Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, UK) Part III - The Preservation and Interpretation of Material Culture 7. The Return of the Wunderkammer: Material Culture in the Museum, Ethan W. Lasser (Harvard Art Museums, USA) 8. Handle with Care: The Future of Curatorial Expertise, Glenn Adamson (V&A Museum, UK) 9. As Seen on the Screen: Material Culture, Historical Accuracy and the Costume Drama, Hannah Greig (University of York, UK) Object in Focus 14 - Europe 1600-1800 in a Thousand Objects, Lesley Ellis Miller (V&A Museum, UK) Object in Focus 15 - The Missing Walls: The Lost Heritage of China, Di Lou (NYU Shanghai, China) Object in Focus 16 - Objects of Empire: Museums, Material Culture, and Histories of Empire, John McAleer (University of Southampton, UK) Object in Focus 17 - "Black Gold": Industrial Heritage in the Ruhr Area, Christian Kleinschmidt (Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany) Object in Focus 18 - Reading and Writing the Restoration History of an Old French Bureau, Carolyn Sargentson (V&A Museum, UK) Object in Focus 19 - Objects and Repatriation, Sven Haakanson (University of Washington, USA) Object in Focus 20 - History by Design: The UK Board of Trade Design Registers, Dinah Eastop (The National Archives, UK) Index