History from Things explores the many ways objectsmdash;defined broadly to range from Chippendale tables and Italian Renaissance pottery to seventeenth-century parks and a New England cemeterymdash;can reconstruct and help reinterpret the past. Eighteen essays describe how to ldquo;readrdquo; artifacts; how to ldquo;listen tordquo; landscapes and locations; and how to apply methods and theories to historical inquiry that have previously belonged solely to archaeologists; anthropologists; art historians; and conservation scientists. Spanning vast time periods; geographical locations; and academic disciplines; History from Things leaps the boundaries between fields that use material evidence to understand the past. The book expands and redirects the study of material culturemdash;an emerging field now building a common base of theory and a shared intellectual agenda.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Memory is made of this!By Robert CaprioMemories lack logic. They are non-linear. They are pieces of a puzzle that reality desperately tries to put together. "The Memory of Water" is such a puzzle. But it is funny; moving and wacky. Shelagh Stephenson seamlessly and skillfully weaves her story through a maze of simple situations. In the wrong hands; these situations are nothing but a bunch of cliches. In her hands it is a deeply moving account of how human we all are.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good playBy audrey28Clean; new play which arrived very quickly. Perfect!It moved a little slowly and I dont know if Im crazy about the play as a whole; but I have a monologue in it that I am using so I wanted to read the play to see the context.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good playBy Deborah M WrightI liked this play though would want to hear it read out loud to make a definite decision. Family drama. With humor.