136 Jennifer Van Horn, Material Culture and the Making of America

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 30 May 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What do the objects we purchase and use say about us?

If we take the time to think about the material objects and clothing in our lives, we’ll find that we can actually learn a lot about ourselves and other people. The same holds true when we take the time to study the objects and clothing left behind by people from the past.

Jennifer Van Horn, an Assistant Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware and author of The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America, leads us on an exploration of the 18th-century British material world and how objects from that world can help us think about and explore the lives of 18th-century British Americans.

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0:10.2	the leading journal of Early American history since 1943.
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0:16.0	and how you can enjoy some of the best scholarship on the vast world of early American history,
0:21.0	visit Ben Franklin's World.com slash W MQ.
0:27.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,
0:29.0	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Kovart.
0:33.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect a better future.
0:38.0	Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and
0:43.8	shaped our present day world. And now here's your host, Liz Colart.
0:48.6	Hello and welcome to episode 136 of Ben Franklin's world, a podcast dedicated to helping you,
0:56.0	learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present
1:00.2	day world we live in.
1:02.2	What do the objects we purchase, use, and keep about us, say
1:05.3	about us? If we take the time to think about all the material objects and clothing in our
1:09.6	lives, we can actually learn a lot about ourselves and about other people.
1:14.0	For example, right now I'm sitting at my desk, which is large and white and mostly free of clutter,
1:19.1	and the space around my desk has several neat stacks of books about the Declaration of Independence filling it.
1:24.9	This scene probably tells you a lot about me.
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