{"product_id":"9781350186026","title":"Life Cycle of Russian Things From Fish Guts to Fabergé, 1600 - Present","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLife Cycle of Russian Things\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Fish Guts to Fabergé, 1600 - Present\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMatthew P. Romaniello | Alison K. Smith | Tricia Starks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Russia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life Cycle of Russian Things \u003c\/i\u003ere-orients commodity studies using interdisciplinary and comparative methods to foreground unique Russian and Soviet materials as varied as apothecary wares, isinglass, limestone and tanks. It also transforms modernist and Western interpretations of the material by emphasizing the commonalities of the Russian experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpert contributors from across the United States, Canada, Britain, and Germany come together to situate Russian material culture studies at an interdisciplinary crossroads. Drawing upon theory from anthropology, history, and literary and museum studies, the volume presents a complex narrative, not only in terms of material consumption but also in terms of production and the secondary life of inheritance, preservation, or even destruction. In doing so, the book reconceptualises material culture as a lived experience of sensory interaction. \u003ci\u003eThe Life Cycle of Russian Things\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on economic history and consumption studies by reflecting the diversity of Russia's experiences over the last 400 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew P. Romaniello\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Weber State University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEnterprising Empires: Russia and Britain in Eighteenth-Century Eurasia \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552-1671\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of World History\u003c\/i\u003e and five edited volumes, including two with Tricia Starks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Chair and Professor of History at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCaviar and Cabbage: A History of Food and Drink in Russia\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eFor the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being: Social Estates in Imperial Russia \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), and \u003ci\u003eRecipes for Russia: Food and Nationhood under the Tsars\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricia Starks\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Humanities Center and Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSmoking under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene and the Revolutionary Stat\u003c\/i\u003ee (2008). She is also the co-editor, along with Matthew P. Romaniello, of \u003ci\u003eTobacco in Russian History and Culture: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 October 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350186026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369300328588,"sku":"9781350186026","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_75a8fdad-adc6-4014-a7f8-73dfd310e140.jpg?v=1783878662","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350186026","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}