Introduction: Writing Material Culture History - Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello (both University of Warwick, UK) Part I. The Disciplines of Material Culture 1. Im-material Culture and History of Art(efacts) - Viccy Coltman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 2. Father Amiot's Cup and the fashioning of 'Antiquity - Kee Il Choi (Art Dealer, New York, USA) 3. Written Texts and the Performance of Materiality - Catherine Richardson (University of Kent, UK) 4. Material Culture, Archaeology and Defining Modernity: Case Studies in Ceramic Research - David Gaimstern (Huntarian Museum, UK) 5. Broken Objects: Using Archaeological Ceramics in the Study of Material Culture - Suzanne F. Hood (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, USA) 6. Anthropology, Archaeology, History and the Material Culture of Lycra - Kaori O'Connor (University College London, UK) 7. Identity, Heritage and Memorialisation: The Tongkonan of the Toraja People of Indonesia - Kathleen M. Adams (Loyola University, USA) 8. Exchange and Value: The Material Culture of a Chumash Basket - Dana Leibsohn (Smith College, USA) Part II. The Histories of Material Culture 9. Spaces of Global Interactions: The Material Landscapes of Global History - Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello 10. Cosmopolitan Relationships in the Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean - Christina Hellmich (De Young Museum, UK) 11. Invisible Beds: Health and the Material Culture of Sleep - Sandra Cavallo (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) 12. Material Culture and Sound: A Sixteenth-Century Handbell - Flora Dennis (University of Sussex, UK) 13. Lustrous Things: Luminosity and Reflection before the Light Bulb- Ann Smart Martin (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 14. Objects of Emotions: The London Foundling Hospital Tokens, 1741-1760 - John Styles (University of Hertfordshire, UK) 15. Materialism and Material History: The French Revolution in Wallpaper - Ulrich Lehmann (University of the Creative Arts, UK) 16. Time, Wear and Maintenance: The afterlife of things - Victoria Kelley (Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, UK) 17. How Things Shape Us: Material Culture and Identity in the Industrial Age - Manuel Charpy (Universite de Lille, France) Part III. The Presentation of Material Culture 18. The Return of the Wunderkammer: Material Culture in the Museum - Ethan W. Lasser (Harvard Art Museums, USA) 19. Europe 1600-1800 in a Thousand Objects - Lesley Ellis Miller (V&A Museum, UK) 20. Objects of Empire: Museums, Material Culture, and Histories of Empire - John McAleer (University of Southampton, UK) 21. Interwoven Knowledge: The Understanding and Conservation of Three Carpets - Jessica Hallett and Raquel Santos (both Centre of Overseas History, Lisbon, Portugal ) 22. Reading and Writing the Restoration History of an Old French bureau - Carolyn Sargentson (V&A Museum, UK) 23. History by Design: The UK Board of Trade Design Registers - Dinah Eastop (The National Archives, UK) 24. Handle with Care: The Future of Curatorial Expertise - Glenn Adamson (V&A Museum, UK) 25. As Seen on the Screen: Material Culture, Historical Accuracy and the Costume Drama - Hannah Greig (University of York, UK) Online Resources - compiled with the help of Claire Tang Index