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Books & Articles

Material Culture

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Deetz, James. In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1977. (F 6 .D43)
N Noël Hume, Ivor. A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America. New York: Vintage Books, 1991. (E159.5 N6 1991)
P Prown, Jules. "Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method." Winterthur Portfolio 17 (Spring 1982): 1-19.
  Prown, Jules. "Style as Evidence." Winterthur Portfolio 15 (Autumn 1980): 197-210. [Good article demonstrating the study of material culture]
Q Quimby, Ian, ed. Material Culture and the Study of American Life. New York: W.W. Norton & Company for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1978. (E 159.5 .W56 1975)
S St. George, Robert Blair. Material Life in America, 1600-1860. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1988. (E 161 M36 1988)
  Schlereth, Thomas J. Cultural History and Material Culture: Everyday Life, Landscapes, Museums. Ann Arbor and London: UMI Research Press, 1990. (E 161 .S24 1990)
  Schlereth, Thomas J., ed. Material Culture Studies in America. Nashville: The American Association for State and Local History, 1982. (E 169.1 M416 1982)

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