Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
ISBN 13 | 9780190225032 |
ISBN 10 | 0190225033 |
Author | Sarah Anne Carter |
Language | English |
Book Description | Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World examines the ways material things-objects and pictures-were used to reason about issues of morality, race, citizenship, and capitalism, as well as reality an |
About the Author | Sarah Anne Carte is the curator and director of research at the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. She has published, lectured, and taught courses on material culture, museum practice, and American cultural history. At Chipstone, Carter has collaboratively curated several exhibitions, including Mrs. M.-----'s Cabinet, and directs Chipstone's active museum Think Tank program. |
Publication Date | 2018-09-06 |
Number of Pages | 216 pages |
Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World