Description:
In History and Its Objects, Peter N. Miller uncovers the forgotten origins of our fascination with exploring the past through its artifacts by highlighting the role of antiquarianism in grasping the significance of material culture.
Brief description: Peter N. Miller is Dean and Professor at Bard Graduate Center. He is the author most recently of Peiresc's Mediterranean World, editor of Cultural Histories of the Material World, and coeditor of Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800.
Review Quotes:
The history of the study of things is an enormous subject, but there is no one better suited to tackle it than Peter N. Miller. Author of two extraordinary books and numerous essays on early modern antiquarianism, Miller is ideally positioned to write what he modestly describes as "an outline history of how people have thought about studying objects as evidence."
-- "Journal of Modern History"