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The matter of history how things create the past
Title
The matter of history [electronic resource] : how things create the past / Timothy J. LeCain (Montana State University).
ISBN
9781316460252 (electronic bk.)
1316460258 (electronic bk.)
9781107134171
110713417X
9781107592704
1107592704
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 11, 2023
Series
Studies in Environment and History
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Fellow travelers: the nonhuman things that make us human
We never left Eden: the religious and secular marginalization of matter
Natural-born humans: a neo-materialist theory and method of history
The longhorn: the animal intelligence behind American open-range ranching
The silkworm: the innovative insects behind Japanese modernization
The copper atom: conductivity and the great convergence of Japan and the West
The matter of humans: beyond the anthroposcene and toward a new humanism
Index.
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