Tangible things : making history through objects /Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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TextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press , 2015Description: xvii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780199382286
- 303.4 ULR
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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.
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
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