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Download or read book The Development of the Chinese Collection in the Library of Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shu Chao Hu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000315886
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Development Of The Chinese Collection In The Library Of Congress written by Shu Chao Hu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Shuzhao Hu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Development of the Chinese Collection in the Library of Congress written by Shuzhao Hu and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chi Wang
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810885492
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress written by Chi Wang and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress and his crusade to transform it into the largest collection and Chinese cultural presence outside Asia. For anyone who has ever wondered what goes on inside the marble walls of one of the country’s oldest federal institutions, Wang relates an insider’s account of the major milestones and changes to the administration of the Collection over the years. Readers will be surprised not only to learn about some of the rare and priceless books that have found their way to the Library of Congress but also by the candor with which Wang shares his story about serving under three different Librarians of Congress, each with a different mandate and mark they wanted to leave behind. Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress has value as American library history but also serves as a useful introduction to Chinese historical archives and libraries. Select writings discuss publication and personnel exchanges with Chinese academic libraries, Chinese character encoding and library automation, and publishing activities in China.
Author : Chi Wang
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810885484
Total Pages : 217 pages
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Download or read book Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress written by Chi Wang and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International librarianship: cooperation and collaboration (Scarecrow, 2001), by Frances Carroll and John Harvey, $115 cloth, 384 pages. LTD sales: 391 ($20,902 net)International and comparative studies in information and library science: a focus on the United States and Asian countries (Scarecrow, 2008), by Yan Quan Liu and Xiaojun Cheng, $80 paper, 396 pages. LTD sales: 156 ($7,414 net)International librarianship: a basic guide to global knowledge access (Scarecrow, 2007), by Robert Stueart, $55 paper, 260 pages. LTD sales: 400 ($13,293 net)George W. Bush and China: Policies, problems, and partnership. Wang, Chi. (Lexington, 2009). $45, cloth, 156 pages. LTD sales: 232 ($7,313 net)
Author : Jennifer 8 Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780446592666
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles written by Jennifer 8 Lee and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A woman's search for the world's greatest Chinese restaurant proves that egg rolls are as American as apple pie"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Karl E. Meyer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466879297
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book The China Collectors written by Karl E. Meyer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Geography and Map Division written by Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1975 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzanne G. Valenstein
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0810911701
Total Pages : 383 pages
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Download or read book A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics written by Suzanne G. Valenstein and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1989 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jade Snow Wong
Publisher : Ewha Womans University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295968261
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fifth Chinese Daughter written by Jade Snow Wong and published by Ewha Womans University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1945 and now reissued with a new introduction by the author, Jade Snow Wong's story is one of struggle and achievements. These memoirs of the author's first twenty-four years are thoughtful, informative, and highly entertaining. They not only portray a young woman and her unique family in San Francisco's Chinatown, but they are rich in the details that light up a world within the world of America. The third-person singular style is rooted in Chinese literary form, reflecting cultural disregard for the individual, yet Jad Snow Wong's story also is typically American. We first meet Jade Snow Wong the child, narrowly confined by the family and factory life, bound to respect and obey her elders while shouldering responsibility for younger brothers and sisters - a solemn child well versed in the proper order of things, who knew that punishment was sure for any infraction of etiquette. Then the schoolgirl caught in confusion between the rigid teaching of her ancestors and the strange ways of her foreign classmates. After that the college student feeling her was toward personal identity in the face of parental indifference or outright opposition. And finally the artist whose early triumphs were doubled by the knowledge that she had at long last won recognition from her family. "A sensitive and revealing story of a Chinese American girl's coming of age in America. It is unique." -New York Herald Tribune "A fascinating narrative, not only because of the courage and humour which shine through every page of the book, but also because it shows how the members of a typical Chinese family can adapt themselves to American conditions and take their part in the national life of the United States without losing the essentials of the cultural heritage which they rightly prize." -Times Literary Supplement
