The Matter of History : How Things Create the Past Hardback
by Timothy J. (Montana State University) LeCain
Part of the Studies in Environment and History series
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New insights into the microbiome, epigenetics, and cognition are radically challenging our very idea of what it means to be 'human', while an explosion of neo-materialist thinking in the humanities has fostered a renewed appreciation of the formative powers of a dynamic material environment.
The Matter of History brings these scientific and humanistic ideas together to develop a bold, new post-anthropocentric understanding of the past, one that reveals how powerful organisms and things help to create humans in all their dimensions, biological, social, and cultural.
Timothy J. LeCain combines cutting-edge theory and detailed empirical analysis to explain the extraordinary late-nineteenth century convergence between the United States and Japan at the pivotal moment when both were emerging as global superpowers.
Illustrating the power of a deeply material social and cultural history, The Matter of History argues that three powerful things - cattle, silkworms, and copper - helped to drive these previously diverse nations towards a global 'Great Convergence'.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:364 pages, 15 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/09/2017
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- ISBN:9781107134171
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:364 pages, 15 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/09/2017
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- ISBN:9781107134171