{"product_id":"material-culture","title":"Material Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays brings together six distinguished scholars in American studies; they examine the progress, problems, and potential of material culture research in America. From an interdisciplinary perspective--representing cultural geography, vernacular architecture, American studies, history of technology, deocrative arts, museum studies, and folklore--thse respected authorities survey the major material culture research and assess the most creative and innovative contemporary research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Schlereth's introductory chapter critically analyzes the value of material culture as a means of studying history through object rather than written documents. He concentrate on both the worth and the difficulties of \"above-ground archaeology\" as a historical research method. And the following chapters discuss the fields and subfields within material culture, summarize the present scholarly trends, and include current bibliographic information useful to a wide range of scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52665696846191,"sku":"9780700602759","price":187.31,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0700602755.jpg?v=1770909261","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/material-culture","provider":"Loja UmLivro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}