Industrial Work and Life
A comprehensive anthropological overview of industrialisation in both Western and non-Western societies.
The Great Fashion Designers
A definitive introduction to fashion designers that is essential reading for both students and general readers alike
Design History: Understanding Theory and Method
“A massively useful resource.” Paul Atkinson, Sheffield Hallam University
The Craft Reader
At once an excellent and wide-reaching compilation of craft scholarship, and a provocative challenge to the same. Maria Elena Buszek, Kansas City Art Institute
A History of Visual Culture
The only treatment of visual culture with a broad temporal reach across a range of Western art practices that emphasizes the historical specificity of the visual experience. Very effective.Kathleen Stewart Howe, Pomona College
