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•^&s Material History Review S P R I N G 1998 / P R I N T E M P S 1998 V e pVMstoire de la> îure matérielle^ © National Museum of Science and Technology 1998 / Musée national des sciences et de la technologie 1998 CBMnsmm SCIENCES& SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIE Material History Review Revue d'histoire de la culture matérielle Editorial Board / Comité de rédaction Editor in Chief/ Chef de la Gerald Pocius rédaction MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND Managing Editor I Directeur Geoffrey Rider administratif NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / MUSÉE NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOCIE Associate Editor and French-Language Review Editor I Rédacteur adjoint et responsable des comptes rendus en français Laurier Turgeon ISSN 1183-1073 The c o n t e n t s of c o n t r i b u t i o n s to Material History Review are solely the responsibility of the i n d i v i d u a l a u t h o r s a n d are n o t to be attributed to Material History Review, its editors, production staff or Editorial Board, or the National Museum of Science and Technology. La teneur des articles de la Revue d'histoire de la culture matérielle n'engage que les auteurs desdits articles. La responsabilité n'en saurait être attribuée à la Revue d'histoire de la culture matérielle, à ses rédacteurs et réviseurs, à son personnel de production ou à son comité de rédaction, ni au Musée national des sciences et de la technologie. UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL English Language Review Editor I Responsable des comptes rendus en anglais Garth Wilson NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / MUSÉE NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE Production Exhibit Review Editor I Responsable rendus d'expositions Chantai Fortier Production Co-ordinator / Coordonnateur production John Barton des comptes NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / MUSÉE NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE Advisory Board I Comité de la English Editor I Réviseure de langue Lynn M. Wilson anglaise French Editor / Réviseure de langue Gisèle Cyr française consultatif Annmarie Adams McGiLL UNIVERSITY / UNIVERSITÉ MCGILL Christian Bromberger LABORATOIRE D'ETHNOLOGIE MÉDITERRANÉENNE ET COMPARATIVE Web site: http://www.science-tech.nmstc.ca Site web : http://www.sciences-tech.smnst.ca Adrienne Hood UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Robin Inglis NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES Richard MacKinnon UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF CAPE BRETON Sandra Morton-Weizman GLENBOW MUSEUM Sandra Niessen UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AU cover illustrations are taken from text inside; clockwise from centre, see pages 23, 74, 72, 7, 58 and 48. Les illustrations de la page couverture sont tirées du corps de l'ouvrage : dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, à partir du centre, voir pages 23, 74, 72, 7, 58 et 48. Brian Osborne QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY Susan Pearce UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Sharon Reilly MANITOBA MUSEUM OF MAN AND NATURE John Styles T h e Material History Review gratefully acknowledges the support of the Dean of Arts and the Department of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM John Summers MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA Lynne Teather UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Barrie Trinder IRONBRIDGE INSTITUTE Dell Upton UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY La Revue d'histoire de la culture matérielle est reconnaissante de l ' a p p u i offert par le doyen des Arts ainsi que par le Département de folklore de la M e m o r i a l U n i v e r s i t y of Newfoundland. 47 Material History Review "••ft: Revue d'histoire de la culture matérielle Table of Contents I Table des matières Editorial / Editorial Ideal Forms, Practical Responses / Formes idéales, solutions pratiques 1 Articles Through Clouded Eyes: Gas Masks and the Canadian Corps in the First World War T I M COOK 4 The Making of Public History: A Comparative Study of Skansen Open Air Museum, Sweden; Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; and the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia. TERRY MACLEAN . . . 21 La question de l'interculturalité en archéologie : l'exemple d'une région du Subarctique oriental JEAN-FRANÇOIS MOREAU 33 Research Reports / Rapports de recherche Making a House a Home: Company Housing in Cape Breton Island RICHARD MACKINNON ... : 46 Newfoundland Outport Furniture: Identifying Irish Regional Links WALTER PEDDLE 57 Exhibit Reviews / Comptes rendus d'expositions Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840 JANE L. COOK 62 Clothing in Two Acts R H O N A RICHMAN KENNEALLY 68 Musée des Arts décoratifs de Montréal, Le plaisir de l'objet : nouveau regard sur les arts décoratifs du XXe siècle ELISABETH N A U D 74 Media Reviews / Comptes rendus de média CBC and BBC, Dawn of the Eye BRYAN DEWALT 77 Rick Prelinger, Our Secret Century: Archival Films from the Darker Side of the American Dream SUSAN JAMES 80 i Conference Review / Rapport de colloque Interpreting Edison LOUISE TROTTIER 86 Book Reviews / Comptes rendus de livres Krzysztof Dydo, Masters of Polish Poster Art A N N A ADAMEK 89 Annette Carruthers, éd., The Scottish Home ANNMARIE A D A M S 93 Wendy M. Watson, Altered States: Conservation, Analysis and Interpretation of Works of Art M A R I O N H. BARCLAY 95 Richard Teleky, Hungarian Rhapsodies: Essays on Ethnicity, Identity and Culture BOZENA BlLINSKA-KORNAS 97 Jonathan F. W. Vance, Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning and the First World War LAURA BRANDON 100 Alfred W Crosby, The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600 RANDALL C. BROOKS 101 Barrie Trinder, The Industrial Archaeology of Shropshire R. JOHN CORBY 103 Stephen Fenichell, Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century JACQUES R. GIARD 104 Lawrence Weschler, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Curiosities ROBIN INGLIS 105 Ralph S. Hattox, Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East EDWARD J. KEALL 107 Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts, A History of European Picture Frames BARBARA KLEMPAN 108 Katherine Jellison, Entitled to Power: Farm Women and Technology, 1913-1963 F R A N Z KLINGENDER 109 Michael Ann Williams, Homeplace: The Social Use and Meaning of the Folk Dwelling in Southwestern North Carolina RICHARD M A C K I N N O N ill Hugh Clout, After the Ruins: Restoring the Countryside of Northern France After the Great War BRIAN S. OSBORNE 113 Harriet Dover, Home Front Furniture: British Utility Design, 1941 to 1951 LYDIA SHARMAN 115 Arthur J. Ray, I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People CORY SILVERSTEIN Contributors / Collaborateurs ii 117 121