ebooks Resisting Napoleon: The British Response to the Threat of Invasion; 1797–1815 by From Routledge in History

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Bracelets; buckles; buttons; and beads. Clasps; combs; and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume; there has been no basic guide to help curators; registrars; historians; archaeologists; or collectors identify this class of objects from colonial and early republican America. Carolyn L. White helps the reader understand and interpret these artifacts; discussing their source; manufacture; materials; function; and value in early American life. She uses them as a window on personal identity; showing how gender; age; ethnicity; and class were often displayed through the objects worn. White draws not only on the items themselves; but uses their portrayal in art; contemporary writings; advertisements; and business records to assess their meaning to their owners. A reference volume for the shelf of anyone interested in early American material culture. Over 100 illustrations and tables.