Political Objects in the Age of Revolutions

Material Culture, National Identities, Political Practices

edited by Enrico Francia and Carlotta Sorba

Book cover: Political Objects in the Age of Revolutions

Extent: 234 pages

Publisher: Viella – libreria editrice

Subjects: Eighteenth-Century Studies, Nineteenth-Century Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Viella Historical Research

Series volume number: 21

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2021)

ISBN: 9788833138473

Price: $45.00

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The importance of things, the vitality and mobility of objects, their ability to offer different viewpoints on life in the past, are all themes that have emerged from the many recent historical studies on material culture. However, the political life of objects has not yet been fully investigated. This volume offers new analytical reflections and insights through a number of European case studies, and in this way reconstructs a material history of politics in the very significant period known as the Age of Revolutions. From the late 18th century and through much of the 19th century, various kinds of objects (pocket-sized, decorative, clothing and other) played an important role in the processes of politicisation and mobilisation that accompanied, preceded and followed revolutionary episodes. Examining political action through material objects gives us deeper insight into the activities and behaviours of men and women in the past and allows us to cross-reference different analytical perspectives that rarely interact.

  • By (author) Arianna Arisi Rota
  • By (author) Roberto Balzani
  • By (author) Silvia Cavicchioli
  • By (author) Enrico Francia
  • By (author) Sandro Morachioli
  • By (author) Simon Morgan
  • By (author) Alvaro Paris
  • By (author) Alessio Petrizzo
  • By (author) Rolf Reichardt
  • By (author) Jordi Roca Vernet
  • By (author) Carlotta Sorba
  • By (author) Marina Tesoro
  • Edited by Enrico Francia
  • Edited by Carlotta Sorba