Drawing on examples from Europe, America, Asia and Africa, this book presents a global history of shoes since the ancient times. It covers the erotics...
Cloth has always been the most global of all traded commodities. It is an example of the circulation of goods, knowledge and capital across geographic...
This volume examines the methodologies currently used in the historical study of material culture. Touching on archaeology, art history, literary studies...
'Global Design History' gathers together a number of leading design historians whose research points the way forward, aiming to address and promote changes...