Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello: Introduction: Writing material culture history Viccy Coltman: Part I. The disciplines of material Culture - Material culture and the history of rt(efacts) Kee Il Choi Jr.: Father Amiot's cup: a Qing imperial porcelain sent to the court of Louis XV Catherine Richardson: Written texts and the performance of materiality David Gaimster: Material culture, archaeology and defining modernity: case studies in ceramic research Suzanne Findlen Hood: Broken objects: using archaeological ceramics in the study of material culture Kaori O'Connor: Anthropology, archaeology, history and the material culture of Lycra Kathleen M. Adams: Identity, heritage and memorialization: the Toraja Tongkonan of Indonesia Dana Leibsohn: Exchange and value : the material culture of a Chumash basket Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello: Part II. The histories of material culture - Spaces of global interactions: the material landscapes of global history Christina Hellmich: Cosmopolitan Relationships in the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean Sandra Cavallo: Invisible beds: health and the material culture of sleep Flora Dennis: Material culture and sound: a sixteenth-century handbell Ann Smart Martin: Lustrous things: luminosity and reflection before the light bulb John Styles: Objects of emotion: the London Foundling Hospital tokens, 1741-1760 Ulrich Lehmann: Material culture and materialism: the French Revolution in wallpaper Victoria Kelley: Time, wear and maintenance: the afterlife of things Manuel Charpy: How things shape us: material culture and identity in the industrial age Ethan W. Lasser: Part III. The presentation of material culture - The return of the Wunderkammer: material culture in the museum Lesley Ellis Miller: Europe 1600-1800 in a thousand objects John McAleer: Objects of empire: museums, material culture and histories of empire Jessica Hallett and Raquel Santos: Interwoven knowledge: understanding and conservating three Islamic carpets Carolyn Sargentson: Reading and writing the Restoration history of an Old French bureau Dinah Eastop: History by design: the UK Board of Trade Design Register Glenn Adamson: Handle with care: the future of curatorial expertise Hannah Greig.: As seen on the screen: material culture, historical accuracy and the costume drama |
