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Offering a spectrum of approaches to the phenomenon of collecting from the 16th century to the present, this book covers the collecting of any sort of material

This groundbreaking book examines the relationship between the development of the consumer society and the rise of collecting by individuals and institutions. R

This history of printed ephemera's rise as an eighteenth-century cultural category transforms understanding of 'disposable' printed items.

This wide-ranging, comparative, and multidisciplinary collection addresses the significance of books in creating the idea of home. The chapters present cases th

Offers a broad and vivid overview of the culture of collecting in France over the long nineteenth-century.