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Age of Homespun

Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

Age of Homespun( )
Author: Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
ISBN:978-1-299-12981-8
Publication Date:Jan 2009
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $54.00
Book Description:

They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of Bancroft Award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America-ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock-relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history. In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The objects Ulrich investigates unravel those simplified illusions, revealing...
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Pages:358



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