: making history through objects Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ; Ivan Gaskell ; Sara Schechner ; Sarah Anne Carter creator Laurel Thatcher Ulrich text Social evolution-Civilization xxu New York : Oxford University Press , 2015 monographic eng

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xvii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the transit of planets across the sky. It argues that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past Introduction : Thinking with things -- Things in place -- Things unplaced -- Things out of place -- Things in stories, stories in things -- Appendix : Glossary of Harvard collections -- Photo essay : Unexpected discoveries : the joy of object photography. /Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Social Sciences 303.4 ULR 9780199382286 Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092 180727 20180727120830.0