Anthology edited by Thomas J. Schlereth collecting texts by various scholars operating in the academic field of Material Culture studies. Texts by Thomas J. Schlereth, John A. Kouwenhoven, William B. Hesseltine, Wilcomb E. Washburn, John T. Schlebecker, Steven M. Beckow, Henry Glassie, Charles F. Montgomery, David Pye, E. McClung Fleming, Peirce F. Lewis, Craig Gilborn, James Deetz, Edwin S. Dethlefsen, Kenneth L. Ames, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Fred Kniffen, Bruce A. Lohof, Willard B. Moore, Joesph F. Trimmer, Glen E. Holt, Lizabeth A. Cohen, Jay A. Anderson, William J. Rathje, and Robert Ascher.