TitleMaterial culture : a research guide / Kenneth L. Ames ... [et al.] ; edited by Thomas J. Schlereth.
PublishedLawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1985.
Descriptionxiv, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN0-7006-0274-7 : $25.00
ISBN0-7006-0275-5 (pbk.) : $9.95
Bib. NoteIncludes bibliographies and index.
Formatted NoteContents: Material culture and cultural research / Thomas J. Schlereth -- Learning from looking / Peirce F. Lewis -- The power of things / Dell Upton -- The stuff of everyday life, American decorative arts, household furnishings / Kenneth L. Ames -- The history of technology and the study of material culture / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. -- Visible proofs / Simon J. Bronner -- Social history scholarship and material culture research / Thomas J. Schlereth -- A guide to general research resources / Thomas J. Schlereth.
SubjectsMaterial culture -- United States -- Research.
United States -- Industries -- Research.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Research.
Vernacular architecture -- United States -- Research.
Other AuthorsAmes, Kenneth L.
Schlereth, Thomas J.
LC Card Number85-15643//r942
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: E 161 M425
mq18340: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
[Record 11599]