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The Age of Homespun Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

Paperback • 2002 • English • 1. edition

The Age of Homespun Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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About the book

They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of 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 important clues to the c...Show more

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ISBN

9780679766445

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published year

2002

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Age of Homespun Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

Format

Paperback

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