Author: Timothy F. GarrardPublisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Akan Weights and the Gold Trade
Author: Timothy F. GarrardPublisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Author: OberdiekPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825857257
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
African Goldweights
Author: Tom PhillipsPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A comprehensive survey of these lively and imaginative artifacts.
World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
Author: Robert P. CreasePublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393082040
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The Economist Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system evolved. From the link between musical pitch and distance in the dynasties of ancient China and the use of figurines to measure gold in West Africa to the creation of the French metric and British imperial systems, Crease takes readers along on one of history’s greatest philosophical and scientific adventures.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1448
Book Description
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Author: Kathleen Bickford BerzockPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069118268X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages :
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Red Gold of Africa
Author: Eugenia W. HerbertPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299096045
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The classic history of copper working and use throughout Africa. Researched with a depth of scholarship that will leave future historians green with envy.
Hands-on Culture of West Africa
Author: Kate O'HalloranPublisher: Walch Publishing
ISBN: 9780825130878
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Six different world cultures are the focus of Hands-On Culture: Japan, Mexico and Central America, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Greece and Rome. These colorful volumes examine each culture's art, science, history, geography, and language and literature. From making sushi to designing a drum to reading hieroglyphics, students use an array of hands-on activities to grow more culturally aware and appreciative if differences among peoples. Topics in this volume include: West African money Folktales and Music Benin: appliqué art of Dahomey Nigeria: humor and politics West African cooking: plaintains and rice See other Hands-on Culture titles