A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry, Volume 5

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in the material world as objects shifted from the handmade to the machine made. The revolution in making, and in consuming the things which were made, impacted on lives at every scale –from body to home to workplace to city to nation. Beyond the explosion in technology, scientific knowledge, manufacturing, trade, and museums, changes in class structure, politics, ideology, and morality all acted to transform the world of objects. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds. Carolyn White is Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Volume 5 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Series Preface 12 Introduction Carolyn L. White 14 1 Objecthood Lu Ann De Cunzo 28 2 Technology Timothy J. Scarlett and Steven A. Walton 52 3 Economic Objects Cassie Newland 70 4 Everyday Objects Dan Hicks 90 5 Art Maggie M. Cao 102 6 Architecture William Whyte 124 7 Bodily Objects Diana DiPaolo Loren 148 8 Object Worlds Barbara J. Heath 168 Notes 188 Bibliography 190 Notes on Contributors 219 Index 221 "The aim of this book, as of all six volumes of A Cultural History of Objects is to offer an account of the increasing entanglement of humans and things, not simply assessing the changing extent of the entanglement but revealing important shifts in the nature of that entanglement"-- Provided by publisher "The aim of this book, as of all six volumes of A Cultural History of Objects is to offer an account of the increasing entanglement of humans and things, not simply assessing the changing extent of the entanglement but revealing important shifts in the nature of that entanglement"-- Résumé de l'éditeur