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The Matter of History: How Things Create the Past (Studies in Environment and History)

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New insights into the microbiome, epigenetics, and cognition are radically challenging our very idea of what it means to be 'human', while an explosion of neo-materialist thinking in the humanities has fostered a renewed appreciation of the formative powers of a dynamic material environment. The Matter of History brings these scientific and humanistic ideas together to develop a bold, new post-anthropocentric understanding of the past, one that reveals how powerful organisms and things help to create humans in all their dimensions, biological, social, and cultural. Timothy J. LeCain combines cutting-edge theory and detailed empirical analysis to explain the extraordinary late-nineteenth century convergence between the United States and Japan at the pivotal moment when both were emerging as global superpowers. Illustrating the power of a deeply material social and cultural history, The Matter of History argues that three powerful things - cattle, silkworms, and copper - helped to drive these previously diverse nations towards a global 'Great Convergence'.
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    1107592704
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1107592704
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    July 31, 2017
  5. Part of series
    Studies in Environment and History
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.92 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    366 pages
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A 'fresh, provocative, and profound book . . . [The Matter of History] pushes environmental history methodology to a new level of engagement with all actors of the material world.' Anne Norton Greene, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

'[The Matter of History] easily counts among the ten most fascinating books that I have read over the last decade.' Stefan Berger, Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements

'The Matter of History is a book rich in philosophical and historical insight.' Joshua Specht, Journal of Global History

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The Matter of History links the history of people with the history of things through a bold new materialist theory of the past.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (July 31, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 366 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1107592704
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1107592704
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.92 x 9 inches
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Timothy James LeCain is Professor of History at Montana State University in Bozeman. He is the author of two books and more than fifty articles. LeCain has been a Visiting Scholar at the Rachel Carson Center in Münich, Germany (2018), a global center for the study of environmental history, and a fellow at the Oslo Center for Advanced Study (2017), the preeminent Norwegian institution for interdisciplinary academic research. He has been invited to present papers and talks around the world, including in recent years, China, Morocco, South Africa, Chile, England, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Austria, and the Czech Republic.

Please visit his website at: http://www.timothyjameslecain.com/

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LeCain hits it out of the park! I couldn't put the book down as the author continually challenged my notion of what history should be. I'm glad he did and I'm glad he provided a captivating example of how history can be done better.
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