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500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Designby Suzanne J. E. TourtillottISBN 157990341X (1-57990-341-X)
Softcover, Lark Books
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Age of Homespun : Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Mythby Laurel Thatcher UlrichISBN 0679766448 (0-679-76644-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth'Book summary:They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of Bancroft Award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial Americaranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sockrelinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history.
In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The objects Ulrich investigates unravel those simplified illusions, revealing important clues to the culture and people who made them. Ulrich uses an Indian basket to explore the uneasy coexistence of native and colonial Americans. A piece of silk embroidery reveals racial and class distinctions, and two old spinning wheels illuminate the connections between colonial cloth-making and war. Pulling these divergent threads together, Ulrich demonstrates how early Americans made, used, sold, and saved textiles in order to assert their identities, shape relationships, and create history. [via]More editions of Age of Homespun : Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth:
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All My Life for Saleby John FreyerISBN 1582342512 (1-58234-251-2)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All My Life for Sale'Book summary:All right, 'fess up: at some point you've been in the apartment of a hipster friend and looked long and covetously at his or her collection of vintage View-Masters or '50s kitsch ashtrays. But then, why would anyone collect such cool knickknacks if not to impress their friends? Filmmaker John D. Freyer knows this feeling well, and from this impulse he's written a fascinating autobiography, charting his own story and a web of relationships with like-minded eccentrics via the cataloging in words and pictures of all the odd but neat stuff he spent twenty-something years accumulating.
As Freyer was preparing to leave graduate school in Iowa City to return to a typically small New York apartment, he decided to sell all his worldly possessions through eBay and his own Web site, allmylifeforsale.com. People bought his used socks, a can of Chunky Soup from his pantry, his Planet of the Apes LP, and a bag of small, roasted cuttlefish. The things Freyer sold would be junk to most, but they were treasures to him and his pals--a generation searching for a unique identity in an increasingly mass-produced, cookie-cutter age. Discovering how he came to own these things and who took them off his hands makes for a surprisingly intriguing and funny read in this beautifully designed and fabulously illustrated tome. --Jim DeRogatis [via]
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Ambitious Appetites: Dining, Behavior, and Patterns of Consumption in Federal Washingtonby Barbara G. CarsonISBN 1558350268 (1-55835-026-8)
Softcover, Aia Pr
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American Plastic: A Cultural Historyby Jeffrey L. MeikleISBN 0813522358 (0-8135-2235-8)
Softcover, Rutgers University Press
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Approaches to Material Culture Research for Historical Archaeologistsby David R. BraunerISBN 1886818053 (1-886818-05-3)
Softcover, Society for Historical Archaeology
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Aristocratsby S. K. TillyardISBN 1841880434 (1-84188-043-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Artifacts and the American Pastby Thomas J. SchlerethISBN 076199159X (0-7619-9159-X)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Ceramics in Americaby Robert HunterISBN 1584651334 (1-58465-133-4)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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Ceramics in America 2003by Robert HunterISBN 097243531X (0-9724353-1-X)
Softcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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Ceramics in America 2004by Robert HunterISBN 0972435336 (0-9724353-3-6)
Softcover, Chipstone Foundation
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Ceramics In America 2005by Robert HunterISBN 0972435352 (0-9724353-5-2)
Softcover, Chipstone Foundation
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Ceramics in America 2006by Robert HunterISBN 0972435379 (0-9724353-7-9)
Softcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar Americaby Lizabeth CohenISBN 0375707379 (0-375-70737-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America'Book summary:The three decades after World War II are often heralded as a Golden Era of American affluence. But as Lizabeth Cohen makes clear, the pursuit of prosperity defined much more than the nations economy; it also became a basic component of American citizenship. Consumers were encouraged to buy not just for themselves, but for the good of the nation.
After a decade and a half of hard times resulting from the Great Depression and the war, the embrace of mass consumption, with its supposed far-reaching benefitsgreater freedom, democracy, and equalitytransformed American life. The extensive suburbanization of metropolitan areas (propelled by such government policies as the GI Bill), the shift from downtowns to shopping centers, and the advent of targeted marketing all fueled the consumer economy, but also sharpened divisions among Americans along gender, class, and racial lines. At the same time, mass consumption changed American politics, inspiring new forms of political activism through the civil rights and consumer movements and prompting politicians to apply the latest marketing strategies to their political campaigns.
Cohen traces the legacy of the Consumers Republic into our time, demonstrating how it has reshaped our relationship to government itself, with Americans increasingly judging public servicesas if one more purchased goodby the personal benefits they derive from them.
Brilliantly researched and reasoned, A Consumers Republic is a starkly illuminating social and political history. [via]More editions of A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America:
Culture & Comfort: Parlor Making and Middle-Class Identity, 1850-1930by Katherine C. GrierISBN 1560987162 (1-56098-716-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Culture of Sewing: Gender, Consumption and Home Dressmakingby Barbara BurmanISBN 1859732089 (1-85973-208-9)
Softcover, Berg Pub Ltd
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Death in the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Cultureby Kenneth L. AmesISBN 1566393337 (1-56639-333-7)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Early American Furniture: A Guide to Who, When, And Whereby John W. Obbard, Brenda BechtelISBN 1574324896 (1-57432-489-6)
Softcover, Collector Books
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Early American Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectorsby John ObbardISBN 1574321412 (1-57432-141-2)
Softcover, Collector Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Early American Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors'Book summary:In addition to the discussion of period and style and the numerous illustrations found in most books on period furniture, this book covers other topics that are equally important to the collector: understanding the furniture trade, evaluating quality, investment potential, identifying period workmanship, the ins and outs of dealers, shows, and auctions, care and conservation, repair and restoration, documentation, insurance, problems of inheritance, and coping with the misrepresentation so often encountered in the market. The 400 black and white illustrations are finely detailed line drawings made from authentic pieces of furniture featured in the catalogs of some of the leading auction houses. No prices. REVIEW: This book is a thorough and complete single-volume encyclopedia featuring every department store special, every Barbie doll exclusive, and every Collector Series Barbie doll and fashion released since 1972. This edition includes over 75 dolls not seen in the previous edition and now features the enormously popular Silkstone Barbie Fashion Model Collection. [via]
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The Encyclopedia of Bad Tasteby Michael Stern, Jane SternISBN 0060921218 (0-06-092121-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Evolution of Useful Thingsby Henry PetroskiISBN 0679740392 (0-679-74039-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Evolution of Useful Things'Book summary:This surprising book may appear to be about the simple things of life--forks, paper clips, zippers--but in fact it is a far-flung historical adventure on the evolution of common culture. To trace the fork's history, Duke University professor of civil engineering Henry Petroski travels from prehistoric times to Texas barbecue to Cardinal Richelieu to England's Industrial Revolution to the American Civil War--and beyond. Each item described offers a cultural history lesson, plus there's plenty of engineering detail for those so inclined. [via]
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Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Centuryby Akiko Fukai, Tamami Suoh, Miki IwagamiISBN 3822840998 (3-8228-4099-8)
Hardcover, TASCHEN
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Fashion Historyby Akiko Fukai, Kyoto Fukushoku Bunka Kenkyu Zaidan StaffISBN 3822827630 (3-8228-2763-0)
Hardcover, TASCHEN
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Fashion Historyby Not AvailableISBN 3822812064 (3-8228-1206-4)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fashion History'Book summary:A person's clothing is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality or even religion. This text shows how our ancestors dressed, considers the amazing accomplishments of contemporary fashion and shows how our descendants may dress in the distant future as clothing design evolves. [via]
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A Field Guide to American Housesby A. Lee McAlester, Virginia McAlester, Lee McAlesterISBN 0394739698 (0-394-73969-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Field Guide to American Housesby Virginia McAlester, Lee McAlester, Lauren Jarrett, Juan Rodrigues-ArnaizISBN 0394510321 (0-394-51032-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to American Houses'Book summary:For the house lover and the curious tourist, for the house buyer and the weekend stroller, for neighborhood preservation groups and for all who want to know more about their community -- here, at last, is a book that makes it both easy and pleasurable to identify the various styles and periods of American domestic architecture.
Concentrating not on rare landmarks but on typical dwellings in ordinary neighborhoods all across the United States -- houses built over the past three hundred years and lived in by Americans of every social and economic background -- the book provides you with the facts (and frame of reference) that will enable you to look in a fresh way at the houses you constantly see around you. It tells you -- and shows you in more than 1,200 illustrations -- what you need to know in order to be able to recognize the several distinct architectural styles and to understand their historical significance. What does that cornice mean? Or that porch? That door? When was this house built? What does its style say about the people who built it? You'll find the answers to such questions here.
This is how the book works: Each of thirty-nine chapters focuses on a particular style (and its variants). Each begins with a large schematic drawing that highlights the style's most important identifying features. Additional drawings and photographs depict the most common shapes and the principal subtypes, allowing you to see at a glance a wide range of examples of each style. Still more drawings offer close-up views of typical small details -- windows, doors, cornices, etc. -- that might be difficult to see in full-house pictures. The accompanying text is rich in information about each style -- describing in detail its identifying features, telling you where (and in what quantity) you're likely to find examples of it, discussing all of its notable variants, and revealing its origin and tracing its history.
In the book's introductory chapters you'll find invaluable general discussions of house-building materials and techniques ("Structure"), house shapes ("Form"), and the many traditions of architectural fashion ("Style") that have influenced American house design through the past three centuries. A pictorial key and glossary help lead you from simple, easily recognized architectural features -- the presence of a tile roof, for example -- to the styles in which that feature is likely to be found. [via]More editions of A Field Guide to American Houses:
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Food in Historyby Reay TannahillISBN 0517884046 (0-517-88404-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Food in History'Book summary:Spanning over half a million years, this describes the world history of food and the way in which food has influenced the whole course of human development. [via]
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Hardcover, Penguin - Food in History: ISBN 0413273407 (0-413-27340-7)
Hardcover, Eyre Methuen - Food in History: ISBN 0517571862 (0-517-57186-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group - Food in History: ISBN 0812814371 (0-8128-1437-1)
Hardcover, Stein and Day - Food in History: ISBN 0517884046 (0-517-88404-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Forget Me Not: Photography And Remembranceby Geoffrey BatchenISBN 156898619X (1-56898-619-X)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forget Me Not: Photography And Remembrance'Book summary:Since its invention, photography has always been inextricably tied up with remembrance: photographers recall family, beloved friends, special moments, trips and other events, speaking across time and place to create an emotional bond between subject and viewer.
Forget Me Not focuses on this relationship between photography and memory, and explores the curious and centuries-old practice of strengthening the emotional appeal of photographs by embellishing them -- with text, paint, frames, embroidery, fabric, string, hair, flowers, bullets, cigar wrappers, butterfly wings, and more -- to create strange and often beautiful hybrid objects. This spellbinding book features color photographs of eighty such objects, extraordinary works of art -- part memento, part Joseph Cornell -- created by ordinary people from the mid-19th century to mid-20th century.
In addition, Forget Me Not offers an alternative way to look at the history of photography, a history that effectively excludes most of the photographs -- candid views, family snapshots, and the like -- taken since the invention of the camera. Noted photography historian Geoffrey Batchen adopts a different tone in this original and engaging book -- a personal and speculative voice that speaks to the objects rather than about them while offering a visual treasure chest of both mysterious and beautiful images.
Forget Me Not is published with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and accompanies an exhibition of the same name that opens at the Museum in March 2004. [via]More editions of Forget Me Not: Photography And Remembrance:
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Guide to Artifacts of Colonial Americaby Ivor Noel HumeISBN 0812217713 (0-8122-1771-3)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America'Book summary:Cited in virtually every colonial-era site study of North America, A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America holds a place of honor among historical archaeologists. It is a classic, highly sought-after handbook for the professional archaeologist, museum curator, antiques dealer, collector, or social historian. Though first published more than thirty years ago, Ivor Noel Hume's guide continues to be the most useful and accurate reference on the identification of artifacts recovered from Anglo-American colonial sites.
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This edition contains a new preface, updated references, and corrections based on recent scholarship, in addition to the original 102 photographs and line drawings. With a list of forty-three categories, including buttons, cutlery, stoneware, and firearms, collectors and curators of early American artifacts will find this book insightful, informative, and indispensable.
An acclaimed archaeologist and historian, Noël Hume understands the interests of both professionals and enthusiasts. He manages to combine out-of-the-ordinary information with a lively presentation. His extensive knowledge and experience make this richly detailed text communicate something beyond the factsthe reality of other times, places, and cultures.More editions of Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America:
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A History of Hand Knittingby Richard RuttISBN 1931499373 (1-931499-37-3)
Hardcover, Interweave Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Hand Knitting'Book summary:This reference provides a full history of hand knitting by tracing the development and refinement of the craft. With special attention to the social aspects of knitting, it examines the changes in tools and techniques within different regions. Examined in detail are the history of European knitting before 1500, knitting in Britain from Henry VIII to the Commonwealth, from the Restoration to 1835, during the 19th century, and during World War I and after. Further explorations consider local traditions in the British Isles, knitting as practiced east of the Adriatic, and developments in the Americas. Absorbing reading for knitters and nonknitters alike, this book also defines knitting in relation to other yarn crafts such as crochet and nalbinding and offers a historical glossary and a transcription of the earliest known English knitting pattern. This replaces 0934026351.[via]More editions of A History of Hand Knitting:
I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby: A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impactby Bill SloanISBN 1573929026 (1-57392-902-6)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Lifeby James DeetzISBN 0385483996 (0-385-48399-6)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life'Book summary:History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks between large historical events and depict the intricacies of daily life. In his completely revised and expanded edition of In Small Things Forgotten, Deetz has added new sections that more fully acknowledge the presence of women and African Americans in Colonial America. New interpretations of archaeological finds detail how minorities influenced and were affected by the development of the Anglo-American tradition in the years following the settlers' arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Among Deetz's observations:
Subtle changes in building long before the Revolutionary War hinted at the growing independence of the American colonies and their desire to be less like the British.
Records of estate auctions show that many households in Colonial America contained only one chair--underscoring the patriarchal nature of the early American family. All other members of the household sat on stools or the floor.
The excavation of a tiny community of freed slaves in Massachusetts reveals evidence of the transplantation of African culture to North America.
Simultaneously a study of American life and an explanation of how American life is studied, In Small Things Forgotten, through the everyday details of ordinary living, colorfully depicts a world hundreds of years in the past. [via]More editions of In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life:
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iPod, Therefore I Am: Thinking Inside The White Boxby Dylan JonesISBN 1596910216 (1-59691-021-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'iPod, Therefore I Am: Thinking Inside The White Box'Book summary:A music lovers astonishing account of his obsession with the iPod, and a fascinating look at the phenomenon that has revolutionized the way we hear music.[via]
First came fire, the wheel, and penicillin&and then, according to Dylan Jones, a compulsive album collector, music journalist, and multi award-winning mens magazine editor, the next great invention to bless the human race was the iPod, Apples groundbreaking mp3 player. Small, sleek, and sexy, but with the capacity to hold up to ten thousand songs, the iPod has stunned music lovers and gadget enthusiasts around the world. It has delighted indie-rock college kids and elderly jazz fans, classical musical buffs and teenage hip-hop hustlers, almost no technology has so seamlessly crossed the great divide.
In iPod, Therefore I Am, Jones tells the story of his own entrée into this exponentially growing cult, taking the reader on a hilariously candid journey through his lifelong addiction to all genres of music, however unfashionable. Along the way, he gives a tantalizing behind-the-scenes look at the genesis of the iPod, from its original conception by Steve Jobs, the man who famously reinvented Apple Computer, to the landmark design of Jonathan Ive, the innovative designer who has become a legend in his own time. Behind it all, we get an insight into the way that the iPod has radically transformed the way we approach music, listen to music, and possess musicturning all of us into curators. Appendices containing Joness top playlists and his expert tips on getting the most out of your iPod make this love song to the iPod as practical as it is entertaining.More editions of iPod, Therefore I Am: Thinking Inside The White Box:
Jane Austen's World: The Life and Times of England's Most Popular Authorby Maggie LaneISBN 1558507485 (1-55850-748-5)
Hardcover, Adams Media Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen's World: The Life and Times of England's Most Popular Author'Book summary:This work provides a comprehensive historical and social examination of the period Jane Austen wrote in - a time when England was developing into a colonial power, while George III sank into madness and the Regency took hold. Elsewhere, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars raged and the New World was finding its feet. Subjects covered include: the fashions, architecture, customs, traditions and pastimes of the era. Maggie Lane is the author of "Jane Austen and Food", "A Charming Place: Bath in the Life and Novels of Jane Austen", "Jane Austen's England", "Jane Austen's Family" and "The Jane Austen Quiz and Puzzle Book". [via]
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LA Marine: The French Colonial Soldier in Canada, 1745-1761by Andrew GallupISBN 1556137117 (1-55613-711-7)
Softcover, Heritage Books
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Landscape and Material Life in Franklin County, Massachusetts, 1770-1860by J. Ritchie GarrisonISBN 1572332069 (1-57233-206-9)
Softcover, Univ of Tennessee Pr
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Lead Us into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialismby James B. TwitchellISBN 0231115199 (0-231-11519-9)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lead Us into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism'Book summary:Is consumerism a spiritual dead end? Isn't it true that mere things can never make us happy? Why, no, says James B. Twitchell, in a sequel of sorts to his popular Adcult USA. We are what we buy, says Twitchell, and we like what we buy. After food and shelter, the next step in the needs hierarchy is self-actualization--and in contemporary society, what better way to self-actualize than to co-opt the mojo of recognizable name brands? The semiotics of purchase are important, he argues: durable goods make us comfortable, provide us with a sense of security in an age when religion no longer works the way it was designed to. The new high priests are celebrities who hawk basketball shoes, cars, telecommunications infrastructures, Carnival cruises, cosmetics, nicotine patches, and medications. Shopping, in this sense, may even be the ultimate act of self-identification with the divine principle. Radical though it may be, the hypothesis of Lead Us into Temptation is strongly supported by the evidence. Never before has the science of selling been so well understood, the market's ability to measure consumer satisfaction so complete. Read Twitchell and weep--or better yet, go shopping. --Patrizia DiLucchio [via]
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Legacies: Collecting America's History at the Smithsonianby Steven D. Lubar, Kathleen M. Kendrick, National Museum of American History (U.S.)ISBN 156098886X (1-56098-886-X)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Legacies: Collecting America's History at the Smithsonian'Book summary:The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History houses some 3.2 million artifacts. Some, such as the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the first chunk of gold found at Sutter's Mill, are of indisputable importance; others, such as a sleeveless denim jacket worn by a late member of a motorcycle gang, may seem less significant to the casual observer.
But, write museum curators Steven Lubar and Kathleen Kendrick, every artifact in the museum's holdings is important in its own way. In this highly selective tour of the museum's inventory, they point out curiosities and treasures alike, all of them providing clues about the American past: a clamshell used in the Depression as currency, accepted as an object of value by the denizens of a California beach town; a fragment of a Confederate flag torn from its post by an angry Union sympathizer the day after Virginia voted for secession; the overstuffed chair from which actor Carroll O'Connor delivered Archie Bunker's diatribes on the sitcom All in the Family; a 1903 Teddy bear, made after then-president Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub while out hunting; Tom Thumb's hat, Prince's guitar, Cesar Chavez's windbreaker, and dozens of other items that chronicle the ever-changing culture.
Accompanied by 260 photographs, the book makes for a delightful and informative survey not only of the Smithsonian's extensive holdings, but also of the nation's past. History buffs and collectors will revel in it. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Looking Both Ways : Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq Peopleby Aron L. Crowell, Amy Steffian, Gordon PullarISBN 1889963305 (1-889963-30-5)
Hardcover, University of Alaska Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Both Ways : Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People'Book summary: This book is an extraordinary introduction to the indigenous peoples and vital cultures of Alaska's southcentral coast. Combining oral tradition, history, and archaeology, the volume traces the Alutiiq path through ancestral generations to contemporary life, including today's compelling issues of cultural identity and autonomy. It is beautifully and heavily illustrated by Alutiiq art, objects, and images from the current museum exhibition on Alutiiq peoples that is now touring Alaska.
Diversity is one of the signal points of this volume: no one voice, and no single approach, could define what it means to be Alutiiq. The many contributors discuss Alutiiq relations with neighboring Alaska Native peoples and with non-Native traders and invaders, with the sea and land, with place and time, and with animals and spirit. Writers include Alutiiq writers, elders, scholars, and storytellers convey a many-sided sense of cultural values and beliefs, even as they recall the struggle to survive more than two centuries of Russian and Euro-American domination. From anthropologists and historians come insights into the great originality of Alutiiq culture as well as its debt to formative influences from around the North Pacific. Seen from these many perspectives, Alutiiq identity emerges as a rich mosaic of people, location, and experience. [via]More editions of Looking Both Ways : Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People:
A Manual of Fingerweavingby Robert J. AustinISBN 192957200X (1-929572-00-X)
Softcover, Book Pub Co
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The Material Culture Readerby Victor BuchliISBN 1859735592 (1-85973-559-2)
Softcover, Berg Pub Ltd
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Material Culture Studies in Americaby Thomas J. SchlerethISBN 0910050678 (0-910050-67-8)
Softcover, American Association for State and Local History
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Material Culture Studies in America: An Anthologyby Thomas J. SchlerethISBN 0761991603 (0-7619-9160-3)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Material Life in America, 1600-1860by Robert Blair St. GeorgeISBN 1555530206 (1-55553-020-6)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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The Mirror: A Historyby Sabine Melchior-Bonnet, Katharine JewettISBN 0415924480 (0-415-92448-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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North American Indian Artsby Andrew Hunter Whiteford, Herbert Spencer Zim, Owen Vernon ShafferISBN 1582381453 (1-58238-145-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Object Worlds in Ancient Egypt: Material Biographies Past and Presentby Lynn MeskellISBN 1859738672 (1-85973-867-2)
Softcover, Berg Pub Ltd
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Of Household Stuff : The 1601 Inventories of Bess of Hardwickby Santina M. Levey, Peter K ThorntonISBN 190540025X (1-905400-25-X)
Softcover, Anova Books
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Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home 1760-1860by Jane C. NylanderISBN 0300059531 (0-300-05953-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Pace of Change: Studies in Early-Medieval Chronologyby John Hines, Frank Siegmund, Karen Hoilund-NielsenISBN 1900188783 (1-900188-78-3)
Hardcover, Oxbow Books Ltd
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Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United Statesby Henry H. GlassieISBN 0812210131 (0-8122-1013-1)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstanceby Henry PetroskiISBN 0394574222 (0-394-57422-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Petroski ranges widely in time, discussing the writing technologies of antiquity. But his story really begins in the early modern period, when, in 1565, a Swiss naturalist first described the properties of the mineral that became known as graphite. Petroski traces the evolution of the pencil through the Industrial Revolution, when machine manufacture replaced earlier handwork. Along the way, he looks at some of pencil making's great innovators--including Henry David Thoreau, the famed writer, who worked in his father's pencil factory, inventing techniques for grinding graphite and experimenting with blends of lead, clay, and other ingredients to yield pencils of varying hardness and darkness. Petroski closes with a look at how pencils are made today--a still-imperfect technology that may yet evolve with new advances in materials and design. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Semelai Culture & Resin Technologyby Rosemary GiannoISBN 1878508008 (1-878508-00-8)
Hardcover, Connecticut Academy of Arts
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Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dressby Anne HollanderISBN 1568361017 (1-56836-101-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Shoes And Pattensby Francis Grew, Margrethe De Neegaard, Susan MitfordISBN 1843832380 (1-84383-238-0)
Softcover, Boydell Pr
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Snow in Americaby Bernard MergenISBN 1560983817 (1-56098-381-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspectiveby Arjun AppaduraiISBN 0521357268 (0-521-35726-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Stories in Stone : The Complete Guide to Cemetery Symbolismby Douglas KeisterISBN 158685321X (1-58685-321-X)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfactionby Rachel P. MainesISBN 0801866464 (0-8018-6646-4)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Textiles and Clothing, C. 1150-1450 : Finds from Medieval Excavations in Londonby Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, Kay StanilandISBN 1843832399 (1-84383-239-9)
Softcover, Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
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Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s Americaby Alison J. ClarkeISBN 1560989203 (1-56098-920-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographsby Maureen A. TaylorISBN 1558707247 (1-55870-724-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Victorian Catalogue of Household Goods: A Complete Compendium of over Five Thousand Items to Furnish and Decorate the Victorian HomeISBN 1851706380 (1-85170-638-0)
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Wampum Belts of the Iroquoisby TehanetorensISBN 157067082X (1-57067-082-X)
Softcover, Book Pub Co
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Weaving a Navajo Blanketby Gladys Amanda ReichardISBN 0486229920 (0-486-22992-0)
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Wild Things: The Material Culture of Everyday Lifeby Judy AttfieldISBN 1859733697 (1-85973-369-7)
Softcover, Berg Pub Ltd
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The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japanby Ivan MorrisISBN 1568360290 (1-56836-029-0)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Worldly Goods : A New History of the Renaissanceby Lisa JardineISBN 0333674464 (0-333-67446-4)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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That Worldly Goods succeeds in telling a captivating new story of the Renaissance is testimony to Jardine's literary and scholarly success at a difficult task. That her book, richly illustrated and well written, makes contemplation of its subject a thrill is testimony of a very good read. [via]
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Se Vetir Au Moyen Ageby Perrine Mane, Francoise PiponnierISBN 2876601699 (2-87660-169-9)
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Alltagswelt Im Land Braunschweig: Stadtische Und Landliche Wohnkultur Vom 16. Bis Zum Fruhen 20. Jahrhundertby Ruth-Elisabeth MohrmannISBN 388547803X (3-88547-803-X)
Hardcover, F. Coppenrath
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De Dirigenten Van De Herinnering: Musealisering En Nationalisering Van De Volkscultuur in Nederland 1815-1940by Rijksmuseum voor Volkskunde Het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Ad de JongISBN 9058750221 (90-5875-022-1)
Hardcover, Sun
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