Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction: Why Historiography Matters 1
5. 1. History and Things in the Twentieth Century 21
6. 2. Karl Lamprecht and the “Material Turn” c. 1885 41
7. 3. Things as Historical Evidence in the Late Renaissance and Early Enlightenment 55
8. 4. Material Evidence in the History Curriculum in Eighteenth-Century Göttingen 76
9. 5. Archaeology as a Way of Talking about Things, 1750–1850 97
10. 6. Material Culture in the Amateur Historical Associations of Early Nineteenth-Century Germany 123
11. 7. Gustav Klemm, Cultural History, and Kulturwissenschaft 140
12. 8. The Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Antiquitates and Cultural History in the Museum 173
13. Conclusion: Toward a Future Theory of the Historical Document 200
14. Notes 215
15. Bibliography 269
16. Index 295