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Intellectual thought of the 1960s : the prime of Ethiopian modernism / Elizabeth W. Giorgis

Author:
Giorgis, Elizabeth W  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Baʼālu Germā  Search this
Admassu, Yohannes  Search this
Dāñāčaw Warqu 1936-1994  Search this
Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts and Design  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Date:
2019
Topic:
Art schools  Search this
Addis reporter (Periodical)  Search this
Intellectuals  Search this
Political activists  Search this
Modernization  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Ethiopian fiction--Themes, motives  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Call number:
N7386 .G56 2019
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114884
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Mathematics : how it shaped our world / David Rooney ; with contributions from June Barrow-Green [and 4 others] ; and an afterword from Dame Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher

Author:
Rooney, David 1974-  Search this
Barrow-Green, June 1953-  Search this
Dedicatee:
Hadid, Zaha  Search this
Publisher:
Science Museum (Great Britain)  Search this
Subject:
Science Museum (Great Britain)  Search this
Physical description:
207 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
History
Date:
2016
Topic:
Mathematics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1093830
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Chasing Trane : the John Coltrane documentary / Meteor 17 in association with Crew Neck Productions presents ; a film by John Scheinfeld ; produced by Spencer Proffer, John Beug, Scott Pascucci, Dave Harding ; written and directed by John Scheinfeld

Title:
John Coltrane documentary
Screenwriter:
Scheinfeld, John  Search this
Producer:
Proffer, Spencer  Search this
Beug, John 1947-  Search this
Pascucci, Scott 1958-  Search this
Harding, Dave  Search this
Narrator:
Washington, Denzel 1954-  Search this
Composer:
Coltrane, John 1926-1967  Search this
Film distributor:
Universal Music Enterprises  Search this
Production company:
Meteor 17 (Firm)  Search this
Crew Neck Productions  Search this
Subject:
Coltrane, John 1926-1967  Search this
Physical description:
1 videodisc (approximately 158 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Biography
Documentary films
Biographical films
Nonfiction films
Feature films
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
Topic:
Jazz musicians  Search this
African American jazz musicians  Search this
Saxophonists  Search this
Call number:
video 001701
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1095795
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How we forgot the Cold War : a historical journey across America / Jon Wiener

Author:
Wiener, Jon  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
©2012
20th century
1945-1989
Topic:
Politics and culture--History  Search this
Cold War--Historiography  Search this
Cold War--Social aspects  Search this
Collective memory  Search this
World politics  Search this
Conservatism--History  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078806
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From Pushkin to Perestroika : art and the search for an Ethiopian October / Kate Cowcher

Author:
Cowcher, Kate E  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Tadesse Mesfin 1953-  Search this
Eshetu Tiruneh 1952-  Search this
Śeyum Waldé Rāmsé 1943-1994  Search this
Wold, Elizabeth Habte 1963-  Search this
Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts and Design  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ethiopia
Russia
Date:
2016
20th century
1974-1991
Topic:
Art--Curricula  Search this
Nationalism and art  Search this
Socialist realism in art  Search this
Artists  Search this
Propaganda, Ethiopian  Search this
Art, Ethiopian--Political aspects  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Art and revolutions  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Relations  Search this
Call number:
N7380 .R44 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082054
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A thirst for empire : how tea shaped the modern world / Erika Rappaport

Author:
Rappaport, Erika Diane 1963-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 549 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2017
Topic:
Tea--History  Search this
Tea--Social aspects--History  Search this
Imperialism--Social aspects--History  Search this
History, Modern  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083969
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The performance of Pan-Africanism : staging the African renaissance at the First World Festival of Negro Arts / David Murphy

Author:
Murphy, David 1971-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Senghor, Léopold Sédar 1906-2001  Search this
World Festival of Negro Arts (1st : 1966 : Dakar, Senegal) Administration  Search this
World Festival of Negro Arts (1st : 1966 : Dakar, Senegal) Finance  Search this
World Festival of Black Arts (3rd : 2010 : Dakar, Senegal)  Search this
United States Delegation:
World Festival of Negro Arts (1st : 1966 : Dakar, Senegal)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Senegal
Date:
2016
Topic:
Politics and culture  Search this
Call number:
NX588.75 .M87 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1086612
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Imagining the post-colonial and post-genocidal nation in the National Museum of Rwanda, Butare / Laura De Becker

Author:
De Becker, Laura  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Musée national du Rwanda  Search this
Institut national de recherche scientifique (Rwanda)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Rwanda
Butare
Date:
2016
Civil War, 1994
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museum architecture  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
N7380 .C758
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1075274
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Big chicken : the incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats / Maryn McKenna

Title:
Incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats
Author:
McKenna, Maryn  Search this
Physical description:
400 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2017
Topic:
Antibiotics in animal nutrition  Search this
Drug resistance in microorganisms  Search this
Chickens--Microbiology  Search this
Poultry--Marketing  Search this
Chickens--Marketing  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101733
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Street archives and city life : popular intellectuals in postcolonial Tanzania / Emily Callaci

Author:
Callaci, Emily 1981-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 286 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Date:
2017
20th century
Topic:
City and town life--Social aspects  Search this
City and town life--History  Search this
Intellectuals--History  Search this
Urbanization--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1102073
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The quest for socialist utopia : the Ethiopian student movement, c. 1960-1974 / Bahru Zewde

Author:
Bahru Zewde  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 299 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
2014
Revolution, 1974
Topic:
Student movements  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088002
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The making of Igbo ethnicity in the Nigerian setting : colonialism, identity, and the politics of difference / Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Author:
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Eastern
Date:
2016
Topic:
Ethnic identity  Search this
Education  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Call number:
DT515.45.I33 I4235 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088764
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Heritage and memory in East Africa today : a review of recent developments in cultural heritage research and memory studies / Marie-Aude Fouéré and Lotte Hughes

Author:
Fouéré, Marie-Aude  Search this
Hughes, Lotte  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, East
Kenya
Tanzania
Date:
2015
Topic:
Collective memory  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Community museums  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Call number:
DT365 .A992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1072824
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Rebels rebel : AIDS, art, and activism in New York, 1979-1989 / Tommaso Speretta ; [translation: Beatrice Boatto]

Title:
AIDS, art and activism in New York, 1979-1989
Author:
Speretta, Tommaso  Search this
Contributor:
Neipris, Ellen  Search this
McKitterick, T. E. M (Thomas Edward Maurice)  Search this
McAlpin, Loring 1960-  Search this
Gran Fury (Artists' collective)  Search this
Subject:
ACT UP (Organization)  Search this
Physical description:
264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 folded sheet (48 x 41 cm, folded to 21 x 12 cm)
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this
Art--Political aspects  Search this
Art, American--Themes, motives  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083686
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The new Latino studies reader : a twenty-first-century perspective / edited by Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Tomás Almaguer

Editor:
Gutiérrez, Ramón A. 1951-  Search this
Almaguer, Tomás  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 657 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2016
Topic:
Hispanic Americans  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1065153
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Locating Renaissance art / edited by Carol M. Richardson

Author:
Richardson, Carol M. 1969-  Search this
Physical description:
334 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Europe
Date:
2007
Topic:
Art, Renaissance  Search this
Art patronage--History  Search this
International trade--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067492
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The common cause : creating race and nation in the American Revolution / Robert G. Parkinson

Author:
Parkinson, Robert G.  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 742 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
18th century
Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic:
Racism--History  Search this
History  Search this
Propaganda  Search this
Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1068847
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The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee

Author:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha  Search this
Subject:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha Family Health  Search this
Buck, Carrie 1906-1983  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 594 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2017
Topic:
Genetics--History  Search this
Genes  Search this
Heredity  Search this
Medical ethics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101833
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Religious, political and cultural influences on the first Ethiopian playwright, Teklehawariat Teklemariam and his play Fabula: yawreoch commedia / Lealem Berhanu Terega and Mahlet Solomon

Author:
Terega, Lealem Berhanu  Search this
Solomon, Mahlet  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Teklehawariat Teklemariam 1884-1977  Search this
Teklehawariat Teklemariam 1884-1977 Fabula : yawreoch commedia  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
2014
Topic:
Amharic drama  Search this
Playwrights  Search this
Call number:
PL8000.A1 A253
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110426
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A hip-hopera in Cape Town : the aesthetics, and politics of performing 'Afrikaaps' / Heike Becker

Author:
Becker, Heike  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Afrikaaps (Art project)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
South Africa
Cape Town
Date:
2017
Topic:
Performance art  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Call number:
PL8000.A1 A253
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110436

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