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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
September 19, 2013
Pages
250
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226059600
ISBN-10
022605960X
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.18 lbs.
Original list price
$40.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washingtonâs hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the pastâoften called âassociation itemsââmay appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to prominent people and events in American history. Kept in museum collections large and small across the United States, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history.
In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. She traces the relic-collecting tradition back to eighteenth-century England, then on to articles belonging to the founding fathers and through the mass collecting of artifacts that followed the Civil War. Ultimately, Barnett shows how we can trace our own historical collecting from the nineteenth centuryâs assemblages of the material possessions of great men and women.
In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. She traces the relic-collecting tradition back to eighteenth-century England, then on to articles belonging to the founding fathers and through the mass collecting of artifacts that followed the Civil War. Ultimately, Barnett shows how we can trace our own historical collecting from the nineteenth centuryâs assemblages of the material possessions of great men and women.
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from Univ of Chicago Pr (September 19, 2013)
9780226059600 | details & prices | 250 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.18 lbs | List price $40.00
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