All across the humanities fields there is a new interest in materials and materiality. This is the first book to capture and study the “material turn” in th

A magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and cloth—how we make it, use it, and what it means to us. How is a handmade fa

A collection of essays that examine early American cultural, political, and social history through a material lens, exploring the meanings of objects ranging fr

Examines the relationship between making objects and knowing nature in Europe from the mid-15th to mid-19th centuries

In early twentieth-century Berlin, the museumsdebate was set into motion with Wilhelm von Bode's sweeping proposal to reorganize a group of the city's museums.