AMST 205

Material Aspects of American Life

Required Readings:

AMST 205 Course Pack - available at BSOS Copy Center

Braden, "The Family That Plays Together..." Calvert, "Children in the Home" Cromley, "A History of American Beds and Bedrooms" Gordon, "American Denim" Crew and Sims, " " Jackle, "Motel by the Roadside" Schlereth, "Collecting Ideas and Artifacts"

David Macaulay, MOTEL OF THE MYSTERIES

Thomas J. Schlereth, MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES IN AMERICA

Ames, "Meaning In Artifacts" Ascher, "Tin*Can Archaeology" Cohen, "Embellishing a Life of Labor" Cowan, "The Industrial Revolution in the Home" Fleming, "Artifact Study: A Proposed Model" Gilborn, "Pop Pedagogy: Looking at the Coke Bottle" Hesseltine, "The Challenge of the Artifact" Kouwenhoven, "American Studies: Words or Things?" Schlebecker, "The Use of Objects in Historical Research"
"Heartbreak Motel" in TIME MAGAZINE, May 29, 1995
also on the Motel Americana web site - there is a direct link from the Course Calendar page of the electronic syllabus

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