Objects conflict material culture (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Historians have become increasingly interested in material culture as both a category of analysis and as a teaching tool. And yet the profession tends to be suspicious of things; words are its stock-in-trade. What new insights can historians gain about the past by thinking about things? A central object (and consequence) of modern warfare is.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. 2018. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 330 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Auflage: New ed. 512 Seiten Leichte Lagerspuren! Sie erhalten eine Rechnung mit der darin ausgewiesenen MwSt. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1230 16,9 x 3,7 x 24,4 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents case studies that analyze the diplomatic uses and functions of robes, furniture, weapons, tools, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, books, food, and other material objects in early modern inter-cultural diplomatic encounters in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific world.Readers will gain insights into the material dimensions of early modern diplomacy and the cultural logics and diplomatic rationales of object use in a wide range of regional, political, and imperial contexts spanning the Habsburg Empire, France, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, British and French colonial North America, colonial Mexico, Hawaii, and the South Seas. Transcending the established topic of gift exchanges, the volume aims at an analysis of the overall material settings of early modern diplomatic encounters. With its clear temporal focus on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the source-driven case studies on concrete objects and object groups open multiple paths into the complexities of the early modern era as a formative phase in the history of diplomacy.The book is intended for historians of the early modern period, particularly diplomatic history, political history, art history, cultural history, religious history, and regional history. It is also relevant for scholars in the field of material culture studies, ethnography, and museology.…

Zustand: New. 2026. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.