Market Morality and the Politics of Preservation in the Early United States
Whitney Martinko
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781512828795
Pub Date: November 2025
Format: Paperback
312 Pages
A detailed study of early historical preservation efforts between the 1780s and the 1850sIn Historic Real Estate, Whitney Martinko shows how Americans in the fledgling United States pointed to evidence...
In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript culture that uses the artifacts themselves to open some of the most vital theoretical...
An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscriptsFacsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies of objects, and medieval manuscripts have long been a focus for this kind of reproduction....
The Formation of a Picture Culture in the United States
Michael Leja
Price: $54.95
ISBN: 9781512826807
Pub Date: July 2025
Format: Hardcover
400 Pages
Explores how the widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a nineteenth-century US culture that was accustomed to printed and spoken wordsWhen and how did pictures start to permeate everyday lives...
What was considered a good, normal, or healthy voice in the nineteenth century?In 1854, singing master Manuel Garcia became the first person to see the vocal cords at work in a human throat. Less than...
Contributions by Patrick Spero, Michelle Craig McDonald, John Van Horne, David R. Brigham, Caroline O’Connell and Bayard Miller
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781606181225
Pub Date: June 2025
Format: Paperback
110 Pages
Philadelphia, the Revolutionary City explores the lived experiences of Philadelphians leading up to, during, and after the fight for independence, showcasing written documents as well as material culture,...
An exploration of contemporary techniques in ceramic surface decoration, both conventional and unconventionalA remarkable diversity of techniques are used to treat the ceramic surface. Matthias Ostermann...
The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum
David F. Wood
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780965414500
Pub Date: May 2025
Format: Hardcover
176 Pages
A heavily illustrated catalog of 78 objects, dating from 1760 to 1790, from the collection of the Concord Museum in MassachusettsIn 1775, the people of Concord, Massachusetts, understood they were living...
