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teaching resources

online resources:

syllabi

Material Culture in Colonial America, Randy Bass, Georgetown University
Material Culture, and American Material Culture, Charlene Mires, Villanova University
Topics in Material Culture, Adrienne Hood, University of Toronto
The Material World: Art and Artifacts, and Introduction to Public History, Julie Nicoletta, University of Washington
Material Aspects of American Life, Mary Corbin Sies, University of Maryland
furniture-related syllabi, Edward S. Cooke, Yale University
The Decorative Arts, John Pearce, Mary Washington College
American Material Culture, Tim Wood, University of Pennsylvania
Technology and Material Culture in America: The Urban Built Environment, and Technology and Material Culture in America: The Automobile in American Life and Museum Interpretation of the American Experience, Mr. Malone, Brown University
Topics in Material Culture Studies: Houses, Their Furnishings, and their Meaning in Early America, Robert P. Emlen, Brown University
Historical and Theoretical Approaches to the U. S. Consumer Society, 1890-Present, Gina Rourke, Brown University
Cultures of Consumption, Mari Jo Buhle, Brown University
American Vernacular: The Cultural Landscape, John Jakle, University of Illinois
The Material Culture of New England, 1630-1860, Kenneth Hafertepe, Smith College

this page is maintained by susan garfinkel on behalf of the material culture caucus of the american studies association, and the department of american studies at the university of maryland, college park. last updated june 9, 1999.