Beth Palmer: Material culture a good indicator of what we value most?
Probably the worst thing about being back in school is the toll it takes on my pleasure reading. There's always more assigned reading to do, which makes me feel incredibly guilty about picking up a favorite old paperback or something new I've had my eye on.
Don't get me wrong; it still happens from time to time. Just not as much as I'd like.
That's why it's so exciting when your assigned reading is something you can really enjoy, as was the case this week. I was assigned Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's "The Age of Homespun," which uses objects and accounts from colonial America to tell a story that goes beyond "big-event" history and enters into colonists' homes.
Read the full column on MormonTimes.com.
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"The theory behind such an approach is that the...
Come on Beth | Nov. 17, 2009 at 9:12 a.m.
nice analogy thank you
hbeckett | Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:28 p.m.
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