Author: Sydney GreenbiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Gold of Ophir; Or, The Lure that Made America
Author: Sydney GreenbiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Gold of Ophir
Author: Sydney GreenbiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Object Lessons in American Art
Author: Karl KusserowPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691978875
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A rich exploration of American artworks that reframes them within current debates on race, gender, the environment, and more Object Lessons in American Art explores a diverse gathering of Euro-American, Native American, and African American art from a range of contemporary perspectives, illustrating how innovative analysis of historical art can inform, enhance, and afford new relevance to artifacts of the American past. The book is grounded in the understanding that the meanings of objects change over time, in different contexts, and as a consequence of the ways in which they are considered. Inspired by the concept of the object lesson, the study of a material thing or group of things in juxtaposition to convey embodied and underlying ideas, Object Lessons in American Art examines a broad range of art from Princeton University’s venerable collections as well as contemporary works that imaginatively appropriate and reframe their subjects and style, situating them within current social, cultural, and artistic debates on race, gender, the environment, and more. Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum
The Literary Digest International Book Review
Author: Clifford SmythPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: C.F. Libbie & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Book Bulletin
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The New Mandarin
Author: Americans and Macao
Author: Paul A. Van DykePublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888083929
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The theme of this volume is the American relationship with Macao and its region through trade, politics and culture, and the focus is mainly on the late 18th and 19th centuries. The essays address topics such as the role of the China trade in US pacific expansion and exploration, US consuls, smuggling networks, missionary and educational work, and American women's perceptions of China. In all of the encounters, Macao emerges as a central player, adding a new dimension to our understanding of Sino-American relations.
The New Middle Kingdom
Author: Kendall JohnsonPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421422514
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Examining the influential accounts of Westerners at the center of early US cultural development abroad, Johnson conceives a romance of free trade with China as a quest narrative of national accomplishment in a global marketplace. Drawing from a richly descriptive cross-cultural archive, the book presents key moments in early relations among the twenty-first century's superpowers through memoirs, biographies, epistolary journals, magazines, book reviews, fiction and poetry by Melville, Twain, Whitman, and others, travel narratives, and treaties, as well as maps and engraved illustrations. Paying close attention to figurative language, generic forms, and the social dynamics of print cultural production and circulation, Johnson shows how authors, editors, and printers appealed to multiple overlapping audiences in China, in the United States, and throughout the world.
Literary Digest International Book Review
Author: Clifford SmythPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description