Section 101, TTh 9:30 - 10:45 am
Section 201, TTh 12:30 - 1:45 pm
FALL 1996
"We are surrounded by things, and we are surrounded by
history. But too
seldom do we use the artifacts that make up our environment to understand
the past. Too seldom do we try to read objects as we read books - to
understand the people and times that created them, used them, and
discarded them."
from History From Things edited by Steven Lubar
and W David Kingery
Things men have made with wakened hands, and put
soft life into
are awake through years with transferred touch, and go
on glowing
for long years.
And for this reason, some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them.
D.H. Lawrence
INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Virginia S. Jenkins
Office Phone: (301) 405-1361
Home Phone: (301) 270-2069 (no calls after 10 pm)
e-mail: vjenkins@access.digex.com
Psyche Williams, Graduate
Assistant
Office Phone: (301) 405-1361
home Phone: (301) 439-9725 (no calls after 10 pm)
e-mail:sojournr@wam.umd.edu
American Studies Department - 2117 Taliaferro Hall
Office Hours
Jenkins: Tuesday and Thursday 2-4 pm, and by appointment
Williams: Tuesday and Thursday 11 am -12:15 pm, and by appointment
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