Author: John O. HunwickPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810112995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A collection of essays honouring African scholar Ivor Wilks.
The Cloth of Many Colored Silks
Author: John O. HunwickPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810112995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A collection of essays honouring African scholar Ivor Wilks.
Catalogue
Author: Montgomery WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Textile Painting - Silk, Velvet, Satin, Cotton, Linen and All Cloths
Author: D. M. CampanPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473355362
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Threads of Silk
Author: Amanda RobertsPublisher: Red Empress Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This sweeping historical fiction novel takes you behind the scenes of the Forbidden City during the fall of China's last empire. When I was a child, I thought my destiny was to live and die on the banks of the Xiangjiang River as my family had done for generations. I never imagined that my life would lead me to the Forbidden City and the court of China’s last Empress. Born in the middle of nowhere, Yaqian, a little embroidery girl from Hunan Province, finds her way to the imperial court, a place of intrigue, desire, and treachery. From the bed of an Emperor, the heart of a Prince, and the right side of an Empress, Yaqian weaves her way through the most turbulent decades of China’s history and witnesses the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Fans of Amy Tan, Lisa See, Anchee Min, and Pearl S. Buck are sure to love this debut novel by Amanda Roberts. This richly descriptive and painstakingly researched novel brings the opulence of the Qing Court to life as Yaqian and Empress Cixi's lives intertwine over six decades. Keywords: historical fiction, historical romance, Chinese historical fiction, historical fiction book, historical fiction novel, historical romance novels, historical novel, books set in China, historical fiction set in China, ancient china historical fiction, historical novels about China
Peterson's Magazine
Author: Fireflies, Honey, and Silk
Author: Gilbert WaldbauerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520268075
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"Gilbert Waldbauer takes us on a wild and storied ride through the insect world. Page after page, Fireflies, Honey, and Silk is highly entertaining, authoritative, encyclopedic, mesmerizing."—Erich Hoyt, author of Insect Lives and The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants "In Fireflies, Honey, and Silk, Waldbauer serves up a veritable smorgasbord of insects from around the world whose lives directly intersect our whims and desires. With wide-ranging essays, the author reveals species that not only please and inspire us, but also those we have used to nourish, adorn, and cure our bodies."—Arthur V. Evans, author of National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America and What's Bugging You?
Silk
Author: Mary SchoeserPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300117418
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Geschiedenis van zijde wat betreft teelt en toepassing in kleding en andere producten, daarnaast komen verschillende modeontwerpers aan bod alsmede de toekomst van deze stof.
Color Trade Journal
Author: Reconfiguring the Silk Road
Author: Victor H. MairPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1934536695
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
From the Bronze Age through the Middle Ages, a network of trade and migration routes brought people from across Eurasia into contact. Their commerce included political, social, and artistic ideas, as well as material goods such as metals and textiles. Reconfiguring the Silk Road offers new research on the earliest trade and cultural interactions along these routes, mapping the spread and influence of Silk Road economies and social structures over time. This volume features contributions by renowned scholars uncovering new discoveries related to populations that lived in the Tarim Basin, the advanced state of textile manufacturing in the region, and the diffusion of domesticated grains across Inner Asia. Other chapters include an analysis of the dispersal of languages across the Eurasian Steppe and a detailed examination of the domestication of the horse in the region. Contextualized with a foreword by Colin Renfrew and introduction by Victor Mair, Reconfiguring the Silk Road provides a new assessment of the intercultural evolution along the steppes and beyond. Contributors: David W. Anthony, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Dorcas R. Brown, Peter Brown, Michael D. Frachetti, Jane Hickman, Philip L. Kohl, Victor H. Mair, J. P. Mallory, Joseph G. Manning, Colin Renfrew.
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