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Material Culture

A guide for historical study of the relationship between people and their things

 

REFERENCE BOOKS (HARD COPY)

The library owns numerous reference books that present introductory information about culture in various historical eras. These books can be useful research tools when writing your interpretation and/or cultural analysis of an object. Reference books cannot leave the library.

 

AFRICA

  • Ancient Egypt, 2615-332 B.C.E. (2001) -- Ref DT61 .A55 2000
  • Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (1995, 4 vols.) -- Ref DS57 .C55 1995
  • Cultural Atlas of Islam (1986) -- Ref DS36.85 .A39
  • Encyclopedia of African History and Culture (2005, 5 vols.) -- Ref DT3 .P27 2005
  • Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments (1997) -- Ref DT2 .E53 1997
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 311 .E533 2008
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 351 .E53 2008
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture (2009, vol. 2) -- Ref CB 351 .G743 2009
  • Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt (1998) -- Ref DT83 .D23 1998
  • The Rise and Spread of Islam, 622-1500 (2001) -- Ref DS36.85 .W67 2001
  • West African Kingdoms, 500-1590 (2004) -- Ref DT476 .W48 2004


AMERICAS

  • The 1900s (2002) -- Ref E169.1 .N50 2002
  • The 1910s (2002) -- Ref E169.1 .N51 2002
  • The 1920s (2004) -- Ref E169.1 .N52 2004
  • The 1930s (2002) -- Ref E169.1 .N53 2002
  • The 1960s (2003) -- Ref E169.1 .N56 2003
  • The 2000s (2009) -- Ref E169.1 .N60 2009
  • American Decades: 1900-1909 (1996) -- Ref E169.12 .A40 1996
  • American Decades: 1910-1919 (1996) -- Ref E169.12 .A41 1996
  • American Decades: 1920-1929 (1996) -- Ref E169.12 .A42 1995
  • American Decades: 1930-1939 (1995) -- Ref E169.12 .A43 1995
  • American Decades: 1940-1949 (1995) -- Ref E169.12 .A44 1995
  • American Decades: 1950-1959 (1994) -- Ref E169.12 .A45 1994
  • American Decades: 1960-1969 (1995) -- Ref E169.12 .A46 1995
  • American Decades: 1970-1979 (1995) -- Ref E169.12 .A47 1995
  • American Decades: 1980-1989 (1995) -- Ref E169.12 .A48 1996
  • American Decades: 1990-1999 (2001) -- Ref E169.12 .A49 2001
  • American Decades: 2000-2009 (2011) -- Ref E169.12 .A50 2011
  • American Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 (1997) -- Ref E166 .A48 1997
  • American Eras: Development of the Industrial United States, 1878-1899 (1997) -- Ref E168 .A5118 1997
  • American Eras: The Colonial Era, 1600-1754 (1997) -- Ref  E162 .A5144 1997
  • American Eras: The Reform Era and Eastern U.S. Development, 1815-1850 (1999) -- Ref E165 .A49 1998
  • American Eras: Westward Expansion, 1800-1860 (1999) -- Ref E164 .A43 1999
  • The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives (2004) -- Ref F1435 .M485 2004
  • The Aztecs: New Perspectives (2005) -- Ref  F1219.73 .V35 2005
  • Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th- and 21st-Century America (2012, 6 vols.) -- Ref E169.1 .B7825 2012
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 311 .E533 2008
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 351 .E53 2008
  • Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (1993, 3 vols.) -- Ref E45 .E53 1993
  • Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century (1996, 4 vols.) -- Ref E740.7 .E53 1996
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America (2009, 4 vols.) -- Ref E169.1 .G7553 2009
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture (2009, vol. 1) -- Ref CB 351 .G743 2009
  • Handbook of North American Indians (1978-2008, 15 vols.) -- Ref E77 .H25
  • Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World (2002) -- Ref F1435 .F676 2002


ASIA

  • Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (1995, 4 vols.) -- Ref DS57 .C55 1995
  • Cultural Atlas of India: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (1996) -- Ref DS421 .J6 1996
  • Cultural Atlas of Islam (1986) -- Ref DS36.85 .A39
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 311 .E533 2008
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 351 .E53 2008
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture (2009, vol. 3) -- Ref CB 351 .G743 2009
  • Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan (2007) -- Ref DS822.2 .D33 2007
  • Imperial China, 617-1644 (2003) -- Ref DS749.3 .I46 2003
  • Japan (1991) -- Ref DS821 .C62 1991
  • The Rise and Spread of Islam, 622-1500 (2001) -- Ref DS36.85 .W67 2001


AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA

  • Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific  (1996) -- Ref DU107 .N55 1996
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 311 .E533 2008
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 351 .E53 2008
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture (2009, vol. 3) -- Ref CB 351 .G743 2009


EUROPE

  • The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives (2004) -- Ref DF77 .B92 2004
  • Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean : Greece and Rome (1988, 3 vols.) --  Ref DE59 .C55
  • Classical Greek Civilization, 800-323 B.C.E. (2001) -- Ref DF77 .W67 2001
  • A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance (2002) -- Ref CB 367 .C65 2002
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 311 .E533 2008
  • Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (2008, 4 vols.) -- Ref CB 351 .E53 2008
  • European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600 (2001) -- Ref CB 359 .W67 2001
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture (2009, vol. 1) -- Ref CB 351 .G743 2009
  • Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece (2005) -- Ref DF77 .A35 2005
  • Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome (1994) -- Ref DG77 .A35 1994
  • Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe (2005) -- Ref CB 361 .S498 2005
  • Handbook to Life in the Medieval World (2008, 3 vols.) -- Ref CB 351 .C625 2008
  • Industrial Revolution in Europe, 1750-1914 (2003) -- Ref HC 240 .I5333 2003
  • Medieval Europe, 814-1350 (2002) --  Ref D102 .M38 2002
  • Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.-476 C.E. (2001) -- Ref DG77 .W726 2001
  • The World of Renaissance Italy (2017, 2 vols.) -- Ref DG445 .W67 2017