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The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects
Richard KurinKurin sheds remarkable new light on objects we think we know well, from Lincoln's hat to Dorothy's ruby slippers and Julia Child's kitchen, including the often astonishing tales of how each made its way into the collections of the ...
The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects Deluxe
Richard KurinThis book is the culmination of a broad effort, led by Kurin and involving all the Smithsonian’s museums and more than a hundred of its top scholars and curators, to select a set of objects that could collectively represent the American ...
Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem
Richard Kurinn January 26, Pierre Verlet, the chief conservator of the Louvre, wrote to Richard Howland, the head curator at the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology, requesting the loan of the Hope diamond for an exhibition on the historic ...
Religion and Emotion: Approaches and Interpretations
PreviewRichard Kurin, “'Hot' and 'Cold': Towards an Indigenous Model of Group Identity and Strategy in Pakistani Society,” in S. Pastner and L. Flam (eds.), Anthropology in Pakistan: Recent Sociocultural and Archaeological Perspectives, South Asia ...
Moral Conduct and Authority: The Place of Adab in South ...
Full view8 Morality, Personhood, and the Exemplary Life: Popular Conceptions of Muslims in Paradise RICHARD KURIN The Qur'an, the biography of the Prophet, the malfuzat of pus, and specific manuals concerning adab all provide models of the ...
Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian
Richard Kurin47–69. 9. Earl Nyholm, “The Use of Birchbark by the Ojibwa Indians,” in Festival of American Folklife Program Book (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1981), pp. 6–9. 10. See Thomas Vennum, “American Indian Culture and Access to ...
Madcap May: Mistress of Myth, Men, and Hope
Richard KurinHerelder brother, Parke Cummings, asports writer and humorist, diedin 1987. Afterhis death,Dianne, atthe age ofabout seventy- six, for no obvious reason, relocated to Portland, Oregon, where shedied some sixteen yearslater. Dianne may ...
Folk Nation: Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition
Simon J. BronnerThe Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Heritage (formerly the Office of Folklife Programs) produces the festival and other events that focus on issues of cultural representation, conservation, and creativity. In this selection, Richard Kurin ...
Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work
Henry SavageRichard Middleton . . . Frontispiece Camera Portrait by E. O. Hoppé. Facing page Richard Middleton at the Age of 7 . . 10 Richard Middleton in Fancy Dress . . 28 A Bohemian Gathering . . . . 36 Sketch by Herbert Garland. Richard Middleton at ...
Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and ...
Richard S. NewmanBishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers Richard S. Newman ... —Richard Allen, “An Address to Those Who Keep Slaves and Approve the Practice” With his coauthorship of the yellow-fever pamphlet, Richard ...
New Historicism and Renaissance Drama
Richard WilsonRichard Wilson, University of Louisville Kentucky Richard Wilson, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English Richard Dutton, Richard Dutton. First published 1992 by Longman Group Limited Published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, ...
The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third
Alice Ida Perry WoodIn 1610, Robert Niccol's new edition of The Mirror for Magistrates appeared, in which there were two poems on Richard the Third, The Two Princes, and Richard III, the last to replace Segar's poem, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, ...
The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run
Rob Stone... Richard Linklater Cinematography: Richard Linklater Editor: Richard Linklater Main Cast: Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Daniel Kratochvil, Linda Finney, Tracy Crabtree, Linda Levine, Lisa Schiebold, Erin MCafée, Denise Montgomery, ...
Richard III
Richard AndersenRichard Andersen. Berger, Harry Jr. "Conscience and Complicity in Richard III," in Richard III, edited by Thomas Cartelli. New York: Norton, 2009. Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.
Programming of Life
Donald E. JohnsonDawkins (Richard), “Book Review,” The New York Times, 4/9/89, section 7, p3. Dawkins (Richard), River Out of Eden,1995, p83. Dawkins (Richard), The Blind Watchmaker, 1996B. Dawkins (Richard), Climbing Mount Improbable, 1996C.
The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Language and literature
More editionsB78 1991 Burton, Richard D. E., Baudelaire and the Second Republic : writing and revolution / Richard D.E. Burton. Oxford [England] .... PQ2230.S84 Stowe, Richard S. Alexandre Dumas (pere) / by Richard S. Stowe. Boston : Twayne ...
Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis:
Bill NielsenDawkins, Richard. An Appetite for Wonder. New York: Ecco, 2013. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. London: Penguin, 1986. Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. New York: First Mariner Books, 2008. Dawkins, Richard. The Greatest ...
War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the ...
Richard TorontoRichard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction Richard Toronto . Interview by author. Telephone. August 17, 1983. Yerxa, Richard. Interview by author. Telephone. 2008. Letters Ackerman, Forrest J. Letter to ...
Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability - Lite: A ...
Donald E. JohnsonDawkins (Richard), The Selfish Gene, 1976. Dawkins (Richard),”The Necessity of Darwinism,” New Scientist: 94, 4/15/82, p130. Dawkins (Richard), Scientific American, 6/88. Dawkins (Richard), “Book Review,” The New York Times, 4/9/89, ...
Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;
Richard WatsonA N E O DOT ES OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD WATSON, BISHOP OF LAN DAFF: WRITTEN BY HIM SELF AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS, AND REVISED IN 1814. PUBLISHED BY HIS SON, RICHARD WATSON, LL.B. PREBENDARY OF ...
Black Boy
Richard WrightAt four years of age, Richard Wright set fire to his home; at five his father deserted the family; by six Richard was - temporarily - an alcoholic.
Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864
Richard Leslie HillsThis is a biography of Richard Roberts, one of Britain's greatest inventors and the father of production engineering.
Archaeopteryx
Richard M. GainesRichard M. Gaines. Richard M. Gaines ARCHAEOTERYX A Buddy Book by Richard M. Gaines \ .__. Cover.
The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. ...
Richard C. AtkinsonSpeeches and Papers of Richard C. Atkinson Richard C. Atkinson, Patricia A. Pelfrey. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing ...
U.S. Physician Reference Listing
More editionsJOHN HILLIS EVANS' JOHN HM EVANS' JOHN HYNNE EVANS' JONATHAN LYNN EVANS' JOS BERNARD EVANS JR ... EVANS' RICHARD HAROLD EVANS' RICHARD HARVEY EVANS' RICHARD MILNER EVANS' RICHARD R EVANS' ...
Nez Perce
Richard M. GainesRichard M. Gaines ... Furlong Art Direction & Maps: Pat Laurel Border Design: Carey Molter/MacLean & Tuminelly (Mpls.) Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Gaines, Richard M., 1942The Nez Perce / Richard M. Gaines. p. cm.
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of ...
Bernard BurkeRichard, of whom presently. 4. James. 2, Dorothy. 4, Agatha. 1. Thomas. 8. Humphrey. 1. Elizabeth. 8. Joan. The and son, Richard Newman, was resident in the city of Cork, 1651, and in t66s was J. P. for the co. He purchased from Sir Richard ...
Richard III: The Road to Leicester
Amy LicenceFollowing the dramatic announcement that Richard III's body had been discovered, past controversies have been matched by fresh disputes. Why is Richard III England's most controversial king?
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