{"product_id":"the-global-lives-of-things-the-material-culture-of-connections-in-the-early-modern-world-paperback","title":"The Global Lives of Things: The Material Culture of Connections in the Early Modern World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Gerritsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGiorgio Riello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Global Lives of Things\u003c\/em\u003e considers the ways in which 'things', ranging from commodities to works of art and precious materials, participated in the shaping of global connections in the period 1400-1800. By focusing on the material exchange between Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia, this volume traces the movements of objects through human networks of commerce, colonialism and consumption. It argues that material objects mediated between the forces of global economic exchange and the constantly changing identities of individuals, as they were drawn into global circuits. It proposes a reconceptualization of early modern global history in the light of its material culture by asking the question: what can we learn about the early modern world by studying its objects? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exciting new collection draws together the latest scholarship in the study of material culture and offers students a critique and explanation of the notion of commodity and a reinterpretation of the meaning of exchange. It engages with the concepts of 'proto-globalization', 'the first global age' and 'commodities\/consumption'. Divided into three parts, the volume considers in Part One, Objects of Global Knowledge, in Part Two, Objects of Global Connections, and finally, in Part Three, Objects of Global Consumption. The collection concludes with afterwords from three of the leading historians in the field, Maxine Berg, Suraiya Faroqhi and Paula Findlen, who offer their critical view of the methodologies and themes considered in the book and place its arguments within the wider field of scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensively illustrated, and with chapters examining case studies from Northern Europe to China and Australia, this book will be essential reading for students of global history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Gerritsen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Warwick. Her previous publications include \u003cem\u003eJi'an Literati and the Local in Song-Yuan-Ming China (2007). \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiorgio Riello\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Warwick. In addition to several edited collections, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Foot in the Past\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eCotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127530098823,"sku":"9781138776753","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e716acb1d8ebc80bc9228af758a200c9.webp?v=1732589171","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-global-lives-of-things-the-material-culture-of-connections-in-the-early-modern-world-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}