Tangible Things

Ivan (Professor of Cultural History, and of Museum Studies, Professor of Cultural History, and of Museum Studies, Bard Graduate Center) Gaskell, Laurel Thatcher (Three-hundredth Anniversary University Professor, Three-hundredth Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University) Ulrich, Samantha (Senior Curatorial Technician, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Senior Curatorial Technician, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University) van Gerbig, Sara (David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University) Schechner, Sarah Anne (Curator and Director of Research, The Chipstone Foundation & Chipstone Fellow in Material Culture, Curator and Director of Research, The Chipstone Foundation & Chipstone Fellow in Material Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Carter

Oxford University Press Inc, 2015

Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past.

ISBN-13

9780199382286

ISBN-10

019938228X

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year

2015

Publication date

2015-04-02

Pages

280

Dimensions

257x179x13

Weight

602