num_pages: 255
description: The use of objects as source materials for scholarship has been increasingly legitimized by the growth of American Studies programs which are now in the forefront in their work with objects. The use of the museum as a primary resource is currently being given a position of increasing importance in American Studies scholarship.
language: English
title: American Material Culture: The Shape of Things around Us
titlecomplete: American Material Culture: The Shape of Things around Us
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Popular Press 1