History and Its Objects (eBook)

Antiquarianism and Material Culture since 1500

Peter N. Miller (Autor)

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2017
312 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-0823-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Weaving together literary and scholarly insights, History and Its Objects will prove indispensable reading for historians and cultural historians, as well as anthropologists and archeologists worldwide. Nathan Schlanger, cole nationale des chartes, ParisCultural history is increasingly informed by the history of material culturethe ways in which individuals or entire societies create and relate to objects both mundane and extraordinaryrather than on textual evidence alone. Books such as The Hare with Amber Eyes and A History of the World in 100 Objects indicate the growing popularity of this way of understanding the past. In History and Its Objects, Peter N. Miller uncovers the forgotten origins of our fascination with exploring the past through its artifacts by highlighting the role of antiquarianisma pursuit ignored and derided by modem academic historyin grasping the significance of material culture.From the efforts of Renaissance antiquarians, who reconstructed life in the ancient world from coins, inscriptions, seals, and other detritus, to amateur historians in the nineteenth century working within burgeoning national traditions, Miller connects collectingwhether by individuals or institutionsto the professionalization of the historical profession, one which came to regard its progenitors with skepticism and disdain. The struggle to articulate the value of objects as historical evidence, then, lies at the heart both of academic history-writing and of the popular engagement with things.Ultimately, this book demonstrates that our current preoccupation with objects is far from novel and reflects a human need to reexperience the past as a physical presence.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: a history of the world in 100 objects • Ancient World • Anthropologists • antiquarian history • Antiquarianism • Antiquities • archaeology • Art History • Cultural Histories of the Material World • Cultural History • Cultural history material • curation studies • europe historiography • Historiography • Historiography Material culture • History of Objects • material art history • material Cultural history • material culture • material culture studies • museumology • Museum Studies • The Hare With Amber Eyes
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-0823-6 / 1501708236
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-0823-7 / 9781501708237