Writing Material Culture History

Introduction: Writing Material Culture History - Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello (both University of Warwick, UK) Part I - Approaches: Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Material Culture 1. Archaeology and the Material Past of Material Culture - David Gaimster (Huntarian Museum, UK) 2. Hybrid Objects: A Peruvian Crown - Dana Leibsohn (Smith College, USA) 3. Written Texts and the Performance of Materiality - Catherine Richardson (University of Kent, UK) 4. Broken Objects - Suzanne F. Hood (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, USA) 5. The Handmaid's Tale: History, Anthropology and Material Culture - Kaori O'Connor (UCL, UK) 6. The Object of History: The Design Register of the UK Board of Trade, 1839-1991 - Dinah Eastop (The National Archives, UK) 7. Im-material Culture and History of Art - Viccy Coltman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 8. Portraits and Self-fashioning. The Social Uses of Material Tracks in the Nineteenth Century - Manuel Charpy (Universit de Lille, France) Part II - Interpretation: The Place of Material Culture in Historical Research 9. Dark Storerooms, Dusty Dioramas: On the Place of Material Culture in the Museum - Ethan Lasser (Harvard Art Museums, USA) 10. The Birth of a Museum - Paula Findlen (Stanford University, USA) 11. Restoration, Preservation and Intervention: A Cupboard Made in 1773 - Carolyn Sargentson (V&A Museum, UK) 12. Twentieth-First Century Connoisseurship: Reading Objects in the Digital Age - Glenn Adamson (V&A Museum, UK) 13. European History 1600-1800 in 1000 Objects - Lesley Miller (V&A Museum, UK) 14. Antiques, Heirlooms and Evidence: Material Culture's Life in the Public Spotlight - Katherine Kelly (University of Texas, USA) 15. Father Amiot's Cup and the Fashioning of 'Antiquity' - Kee Il Choi (Art Dealer, New York, USA) Part III - Concepts: Material Culture and Historical Narrative 16. Materialism and Material History - Ulrich Lehmann (University of the Creative Arts) 17. A Frayed Jacket with One Remaining Button:

Anne Gerritsen is Reader in Chinese History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Giorgio Riello is Professor of Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick, UK.