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Raw silk; a practical hand-book for the buyer, by Leo Duran; a study of raw silk production and filatures in European and Asiatic countries; the conditions of business on all great markets of the world; a complete description of the management of an Italian filature; how to establish agencies and inspect raw silk in China and Japan: Classification of European and Asiatic silks, and comparative pri...

Author:
Duran, Leo 1883-  Search this
Physical description:
216 p. front. (fold diagr.) 19 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1921
Topic:
Silk industry  Search this
Call number:
TS1669.D7 1921X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179260

Making borders : engaging the threat of Chinese textiles in Ghana / Linn Axelsson

Author:
Axelsson, Linn  Search this
Physical description:
253 pages : 27 figures (partly color) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ghana
China
Date:
2012
21st century
Topic:
Textile industry--Marketing  Search this
Textile industry--Economic aspects  Search this
Globalization--Economic aspects  Search this
Boundaries--Economic aspects  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1012244

Fishery statistical bulletin for South China Sea area 1978

Author:
Anonymous  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1980
Topic:
Cuttlefish  Search this
Gear--Other/general  Search this
Vessel--Other/General  Search this
Catch statistics--multiple  Search this
Utilization--Processing  Search this
Utilization--Marketing  Search this
Indian Ocean--Northern  Search this
Pacific--Northwestern  Search this
Pacific--Southwestern  Search this
Regulations  Search this
Cephalopoda--Teuthoidea  Search this
Squid  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cephalopoda--Sepioidea
Data Source:
Cephalopod Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_4098

Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia : with a narrative of a residence in China / by Peter Dobell ; in two volumes

Author:
Dobell, Peter 1772-1852  Search this
Physical description:
2 v., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Siberia (Russia)
China
Kamchatskaia oblastʹ (Russia)
Date:
1830
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DK755 .D63 1830
DK755.D63
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_116038

The South China Sea fisheries international cephalopod market

Author:
United Nation Development Program  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1977
Topic:
Octopus  Search this
Catch statistics--multiple  Search this
Utilization--Processing  Search this
Utilization--Marketing  Search this
Utilization--Human consumption  Search this
Utilization--Bait  Search this
World-wide  Search this
Cuttlefish  Search this
Cephalopoda--Teuthoidea--spp  Search this
Squid  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cephalopoda--Octopoda--spp
Cephalopoda--Sepioidea--spp
Data Source:
Cephalopod Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_2462

Fishery Statistical Bulletin for the South China Sea area

Author:
Anonymous  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1982
Topic:
Cuttlefish  Search this
Gear--Other/general  Search this
Vessel--Other/General  Search this
Catch statistics--multiple  Search this
Utilization--Processing  Search this
Utilization--Marketing  Search this
Indian Ocean--Northern  Search this
Pacific--Northwestern  Search this
Pacific--Southwestern  Search this
Cephalopoda--Teuthoidea  Search this
Squid  Search this
Regulations  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cephalopoda--Sepioidea
Data Source:
Cephalopod Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_4081

Bones, his gags and stump speeches : Nigger and Dutch stories and dialogues, "Broken China" dialect pieces, and other conundrums

Physical description:
50, [10], [4] p. : music ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1879
C1879
Topic:
Minstrel shows  Search this
Call number:
PN1969.M5 B712
PN1969.M5B712
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_143125

Pagoda shadows : studies from life in China / by Adele M. Fielde ; introduction by Joseph Cook

Author:
Fielde, Adele M (Adele Marion) 1839-1916  Search this
Physical description:
xv, [1] (blank), 285, [1] (blank), [2] p. (last p. blank) : ill., ports. ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1885
Topic:
Women  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DS725 .F456 1885
DS725.F456 1885
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_151971

Imagining illness : public health and visual culture / David Serlin, editor

Author:
Serlin, David  Search this
Physical description:
xxxvii, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2010
C2010
Topic:
Health promotion--Audio-visual aids--History  Search this
Health education--Audio-visual aids--History  Search this
Mass media in health education--History  Search this
Communication in public health--History  Search this
Public health--Marketing--History  Search this
Medical illustration--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_956840

Das Coloriren und Decoriren des ächten Porcellans, des Fritteporcellans, des englischen Steinguts, des Wedgwoodgeschirrs, des Steinzeugs und der Fayence mit verglasbaren Farben und Metallen ... / von Alexandre Brongniart ... In's deutsche übergetragen von C.H. Schmidt

Author:
Brongniart, Alexandre 1770-1847  Search this
Author:
Brongniart, Alexandre 1770-1847 Traite d́es arts ceŕamiques  Search this
Translator:
Schmidt, Chr. Heinr (Christian Heinrich)  Search this
Printer:
Voigt, B. F (Bernhard Friedrich) 1787-1859  Search this
Former owner:
United States Patent Office Scientific Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 299, [5] pages + atlas (5 leaves of plates : illustrations) 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1846
Topic:
China painting  Search this
Coloring matter  Search this
Call number:
TP807 .B815 1846
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_161592

Alltagsleben in China : Bilder aus dem chinesischen Volksleben nach Schilderungen / von E.J. Dukes und A. Fielde ; frei nach dem englischen von Luise Öhler

Author:
Dukes, Edwin Joshua  Search this
Fielde, Adele M (Adele Marion) 1839-1916  Search this
Öhler, Luise  Search this
Physical description:
VIII, 229, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1892
Topic:
Missions  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DS721 .D87 G1892
DS721.D87 G1892
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_162968

Golden-silk smoke : a history of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 / Carol Benedict

Title:
History of tobacco in China, 1550-2010
Author:
Benedict, Carol (Carol Ann) 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Tobacco--History  Search this
Tobacco--Social aspects  Search this
Smoking--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_964015

Try the Goat: Five Food Picks from Kenya

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:20:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more posts:
Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_8062de68a46811f2737e6c5230042c85

[Trade card featuring the Home Embroidery Machine Co.] / Home Embroidery Machine Co

Author:
Home Embroidery Machine Company  Search this
Physical description:
2 p. : col. ill.. ; 15 x 5 cm
Type:
Books
Trade cards
Date:
1800
1899
19th cent
Topic:
Advertising cards  Search this
Sewing machines  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_661213

[Trade card featuring China] / Singer Manufacturing Co

Author:
Singer Manufacturing Company  Search this
Physical description:
2 p. : col. ill.. ; 14 x 8 cm
Type:
Books
Trade cards
Date:
1892
Topic:
Advertising cards  Search this
Sewing machines  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_659534

Shanghai style : art and design between the wars / Lynn Pan

Author:
Pan, Lynn  Search this
Physical description:
285 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Shanghai
Shanghai (China)
Date:
2008
C2008
20th century
Topic:
Art, Chinese  Search this
Design--History  Search this
Art and society--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_940668

Plague hits Mouse Town, USA!

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Conversations and talks
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 04 Oct 2017 16:08:24 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_9a5c9280d5570b6ded6c04a1f23d94b1

10 Surprising Things about American Ginseng

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 13 May 2019 14:43:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more posts:
Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_61a11214cbbc78a239b526b8b255bc57

Material women, 1750-1950 : consuming desires and collecting practices / edited by Maureen Daly Goggin and Beth Fowkes Tobin

Author:
Goggin, Maureen Daly  Search this
Tobin, Beth Fowkes  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Women--Social conditions  Search this
Women consumers--History  Search this
Material culture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_965868

From the wok to the frozen food aisle

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 01 May 2015 20:37:27 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_8042d19d05f7df00a8aa9989c7f343d4

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