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Reorienting culture : New York elites and the turn toward East Asia / by John S. Baick

Catalog Data

Author:
Baick, John S  Search this
Subject:
Boas, Franz 1858-1942  Search this
Gates, Frederick Taylor 1853-1929  Search this
American Museum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Columbia University  Search this
China Medical Board (U.S.)  Search this
Japan Society (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
x, 399 leaves ; 29 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
United States
China
Japan
Date:
1998
19th century
20th century
Contents:
"Towards a just treatment of the country and its people": Franz Boas and the American Museum of Natural History -- A great "Oriental School": Columbia University and the study of East Asia -- Converting missionaries with science: Frederick T. Gates and the China Medical Board -- "A more accurate knowledge of the people of Japan": the Japan Society of New York -- East Asian art at the Metropolitan Museum
Topic:
Art and society--History  Search this
Social institutions--History  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Relations  Search this
Call number:
F128.47 .B35 1998a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_557672