Library Of Congress Asian Collections

Author : Shu Chao Hu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000315882

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The Development Of The Chinese Collection In The Library Of Congress by Shu Chao Hu Pdf

This is the first comprehensive and in-depth study of the Chinese collection in the Library of Congress, the largest collection of its kind in the Western world. Started in 1869 with some 950 books received in the first exhange of publications between the United States and China, the collection has grown so steadily that in 1977 it numbered more than 430,000 volumes, including 2,000 rare Chinese items, some of which were printed in A.D. 975. In this primarily historical study, Professor Hu examines the social, cultural, and political forces that led to the development and growth of the collection, the acquisitions policies followed, and the sources of personal and financial support found within and outside the Library of Congress. He also explores the methods by which the library has built up several strong areas in the collection, particularly those of Chinese gazetteers, or local histories; ts’ung-shu, or collections of reprints; and rare works.

Author : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951000950339H

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The Geography and Map Division by Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Asian Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Asia
ISBN : UIUC:30112048584152

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Library of Congress Asian Collections by Library of Congress. Asian Division Pdf

Author : Vicente L. Rafael
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0822313413

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Contracting Colonialism by Vicente L. Rafael Pdf

In an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (1580-1705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing this history of communication between Spaniards and Tagalogs, Rafael maps the conditions that made possible both the emergence of a colonial regime and resistance to it. Originally published in 1988, this new paperback edition contains an updated preface that places the book in theoretical relation to other recent works in cultural studies and comparative colonialism.

Author : Jidong Yang
Publisher : Association for Asian Studies
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0924304979

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Beyond the Book by Jidong Yang Pdf

Beyond the Book is the first book dedicated to studies of rare East Asian materials collected by individuals and institutions in North America. It sheds new light on the two centuries of cultural exchanges between East Asia and North America and provides fresh clues for East Asian studies scholars in their hunt for raw research materials.

Author : Karl E. Meyer,Shareen Blair Brysac
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781466879294

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The China Collectors by Karl E. Meyer,Shareen Blair Brysac Pdf

Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt in China from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong's 1949 ascent. The principal gatherers are mostly little known and defy invention. They included "foreign devils" who braved desert sandstorms, bandits and local warlords in acquiring significant works. Adventurous curators like Langdon Warner, a forebear of Indiana Jones, argued that the caves of Dunhuang were already threatened by vandals, thereby justifying the removal of frescoes and sculptures. Other Americans include George Kates, an alumnus of Harvard, Oxford and Hollywood, who fell in love with Ming furniture. The Chinese were divided between dealers who profited from the artworks' removal, and scholars who sought to protect their country's patrimony. Duanfang, the greatest Chinese collector of his era, was beheaded in a coup and his splendid bronzes now adorn major museums. Others in this rich tapestry include Charles Lang Freer, an enlightened Detroit entrepreneur, two generations of Rockefellers, and Avery Brundage, the imperious Olympian, and Arthur Sackler, the grand acquisitor. No less important are two museum directors, Cleveland's Sherman Lee and Kansas City's Laurence Sickman, who challenged the East Coast's hegemony. Shareen Blair Brysac and Karl E. Meyer even-handedly consider whether ancient treasures were looted or salvaged, and whether it was morally acceptable to spirit hitherto inaccessible objects westward, where they could be studied and preserved by trained museum personnel. And how should the US and Canada and their museums respond now that China has the means and will to reclaim its missing patrimony?

Author : Donald Frederick Lach,Edwin J. Van Kley,Edwin J.. Van Kley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Asia
ISBN : 0226467546

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South Asia by Donald Frederick Lach,Edwin J. Van Kley,Edwin J.. Van Kley Pdf

Author : Megan Eaton Robb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190089399

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Print and the Urdu Public by Megan Eaton Robb Pdf

In early twentieth century British India, prior to the arrival of digital medias and after the rise of nationalist political movements, a small-town paper from the margins of society became a key player in Urdu journalism. Published in the isolated market town of Bijnor, Madinah grew to hold influence across North India and the Punjab while navigating complex issues of religious and political identity. In Print and the Urdu Public, Megan Robb uses the previously unexamined perspective of the Madinah to consider Urdu print publics and urban life in South Asia. Through a discursive and material analysis of Madinah, the book explores how Muslims who had settled in ancestral qasbahs, or small towns, used newspapers to facilitate a new public consciousness. The book demonstrates how Madinah connected the Urdu newspaper conversation both explicitly and implicitly with Muslim identity and delineated the boundaries of a Muslim public conversation in a way that emphasized rootedness to local politics and small urban spaces. The case study of this influential but understudied newspaper reveals how a network of journalists with substantial ties to qasbahs produced a discourse self-consciously alternative to the Western-influenced, secularized cities. Megan Robb augments the analysis with evidence from contemporary Urdu, English, and Hindi papers, government records, private diaries, private library holdings, ethnographic interviews, and training materials for newspaper printers. This thoroughly researched volume recovers the erasure of qasbah voices and proclaims the importance of space and time in definitions of the public sphere in South Asia. Print and the Urdu Public demonstrates how an Urdu newspaper published from the margins became central to the Muslim public constituted in the first half of the twentieth century.

Author : Thongchai Winichakul
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824841294

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Siam Mapped by Thongchai Winichakul Pdf

This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped challenges much that has been written on Thai history because it demonstrates convincingly that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210002991006

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The Portuguese Manuscripts Collection of the Library of Congress by Library of Congress Pdf

"Compelling Collection: Drawing from the fashion trends of the 40's through the 70's, the patterns will give fans of retro style what they want -- fun, wearable patterns that echo those of days gone by, but that modern knitters can use with greater ease. The designs in the book will represent a balance of classic and kitsch, wardrobe basics and saucy specials. For a bit of extra fun, four craft and sewing patterns between chapters will give readers a way to add retro appeal to their homes and outfits. Appealing design: The book will have a distinctive look that mimics pattern magazines from the past. Colorful photos and styled models will poke lighthearted fun at the looks that date so many of these magazines"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000164348

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A Guide to East Asian Collections in North America by Anonim Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive guide to East Asian collections in American and Canadian libraries. It covers fifty-five collections and deals primarily with materials in East Asian vernacular languages, mainly Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The guide also covers materials in both book and nonbook form. Description given to each collection emphasizes subject strengths, areas of specialization, special materials and collections, access services, interlibrary loan service, library automation, network and consortium participation, contact information, library catalogs, and other publications. In addition to printed materials, this guide includes rare items such as old manuscripts and inscriptions, rubbings, oracle bones, and fine printing. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name of the parent institution. A list of geographical collections and a general index aid access to the material. The work will be useful to scholars, researchers, and students in East Asian Studies and to East Asian librarians.

Author : National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780309071444

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LC21 by National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress Pdf

Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respectsâ€"not only in terms of accommodating digital information and technology, but also through the need to develop new economic and organizational models for managing information. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general management and budgetary issues. The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past. LC21 demonstrates that information-intensive organizations will have to change in fundamental ways to survive and prosper in the digital age.

Author : Edmund Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433082429063

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Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat by Edmund Roberts Pdf

Author : Abbot Low Moffat
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501742712

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Mongkut, the King of Siam by Abbot Low Moffat Pdf

This is an engaging, real-life portrait of one of the great Asian rulers of the nineteenth century, who set the course that preserved his country's independence and enabled it to remain the only country in Southeast Asia never to fall under European domination. It is not a conventional biography of King Mongkut or a history of his reign; rather, the author sketches the man in his many facets, furnishing a factual outline, but applying the color from the King's own writings—through which his personality and character shine so clearly—and from other contemporary sources. Many of these appear in English for the first time. As ruler and diplomat, as philosopher and scientist, as monk and head of a large family, Mongkut showed powers of mind and spirit extraordinary in any age. As here presented, he is even more remarkable than the caricature of him depicted in some recent popular accounts.

Author : Eric Tagliacozzo,Wen-chin Chang
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822349037

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Chinese Circulations by Eric Tagliacozzo,Wen-chin Chang Pdf

This collection of twenty essays provides an unprecedented overview of Chinese trade through the centuries, highlighting its scope, diversity, complexity, and the commodities that have linked it with Southeast Asia.