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Nominal things bronzes in the making of medieval China Jeffrey Moser

Title:
Bronzes in the making of medieval China
Author:
Moser, Jeffrey  Search this
Physical description:
293 pages illustrations (some color) 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
China
Date:
2023
To 1500
960-1644
Topic:
Bronzes  Search this
Bronze implements  Search this
Bronze implements--Classification--History  Search this
Art criticism--History  Search this
Learning and scholarship--History  Search this
Confucianism  Search this
DESIGN / Decorative Arts  Search this
Art criticism  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163345

Faulkner, aviation, and modern war Michael Zeitlin

Author:
Zeitlin, Michael 1957-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Literary criticism
Critiques littéraires
Date:
2022
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Air pilots in literature  Search this
Flight in literature  Search this
War in literature  Search this
Aviation  Search this
Aéronautique  Search this
Vol dans la littérature  Search this
Guerre dans la littérature  Search this
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
PS3511.A86 Z9873 2022 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160450

Knowledge and social practice in medieval Damascus, 1190-1350 Michael Chamberlain

Author:
Chamberlain, Michael 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
215 pages maps 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Syria
Damascus
Syrie
Damas
Damascus (Syria)
Date:
2002
1994
Medieval, 500-1500
500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Topic:
Learning and scholarship--History  Search this
Elite (Social sciences)--History  Search this
Social history  Search this
Savoir et érudition--Histoire  Search this
Élite (Sciences sociales)--Histoire  Search this
Histoire sociale  Search this
Elite (Social sciences)  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Learning and scholarship--Medieval  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Social history--Medieval  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146370

National Task Force on Scholarship and the Public Humanities : recommendations of the Task Force

Author:
National Task Force on Scholarship and the Public Humanities  Search this
Quay, James  Search this
Veninga, James F (James Frank) 1944-  Search this
Sokal, Michael M (Michael Mark) 1945-  Search this
American Council of Learned Societies  Search this
Federation of State Humanities Councils  Search this
Physical description:
47 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
Topic:
Humanities  Search this
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
AZ103 .N27 1990
AZ103.N27 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_404045

Research within the museum : aspirations and realities : proceedings of an international symposium held at the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C., December 13-14, 1993

Title:
Proceedings of an international symposium held at the National Museum of Natural Science
Author:
Guo li zi ran ke xue bo wu guan (China)  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 142 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1994
Topic:
Science museums--Research  Search this
Science museums--Educational aspects  Search this
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
AM7 .R43 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_481556

Symposium on researchers' use of electronic resources : April 19, 1996 / The Center for Research Libraries

Author:
Center for Research Libraries (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
Center for Research Libraries (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
11 p. ; 28 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1996
[1996]
Topic:
Libraries and electronic publishing  Search this
Learning and scholarship--Data processing  Search this
Call number:
Z699 .S96 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_518077

Scholarship and museums : roles and responsibilities : the proceedings of the Ninth Museum Studies Conference / cosponsored by the Museum Studies Program and the Museum Studies Association, University of Delaware, April 9, 1988 ; edited by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr

Author:
Museum Studies Conference (9th : 1988 : University of Delaware)  Search this
Tolles, Bryant Franklin 1939-  Search this
University of Delaware Museum Studies Program  Search this
Museum Studies Association  Search this
Physical description:
v, 73 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
[1989]
Topic:
Museums--Educational aspects  Search this
Museums--Research  Search this
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
AM7 .M975 1988
AM7.M975 1988
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_379579

Select essays tending to the universal reformation of learning : concluded with the art of war, or a summary of the martial precepts necessary for an officer / by William Freke ..

Author:
Freke, William 1662-1744  Search this
Physical description:
[16], 285, [3] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Books
Date:
1693
Topic:
Learning and scholarship--Early works to 1800  Search this
Conduct of life  Search this
Military ethics  Search this
Call number:
AZ201 .F86 1693
AZ201.F86 1693
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_392052

Medieval manuscript bookmaking : a bibliographic guide / by Doris H. Banks

Author:
Banks, Doris H. 1925-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 282 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1989
400-1400
Medieval, 500-1500
Topic:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Bibliography  Search this
Books--History--Bibliography  Search this
Libraries--History--Bibliography  Search this
Learning and scholarship--History--Bibliography  Search this
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Bibliography  Search this
Education, Medieval--Bibliography  Search this
Monastic libraries--Bibliography  Search this
Scriptoria--Bibliography  Search this
Call number:
Z6.B36 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395882

The promise of cultural institutions / David Carr

Author:
Carr, David 1945 April 4-  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 213 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Libraries--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Learning and scholarship--Social aspects  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Art and state  Search this
Cultural policy  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_717872

Education and society in late imperial China, 1600-1900 / edited by Benjamin A. Elman and Alexander Woodside

Author:
Elman, Benjamin A. 1946-  Search this
Woodside, Alexander  Search this
Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 575 p. : maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
China
Date:
1994
C1994
1644-1912
Topic:
Education--Social aspects--History  Search this
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Call number:
LA1131.8 .E38
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_884490

The era of experiments and the age of wonder : scientific expansion from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries : proceedings of the symposium in honor of the reopening of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, and the Smithsonian Libraries' Resident Scholar Program / edited by Lilla Vekerdy

Editor:
Vekerdy, Lilla  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 87 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
2015
17th century
18th century
19th century
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
Communication in learning and scholarship  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1050659

Between standardization and pluralism : the Islamic printing market and its social spaces in Bamako, Mali / Francesco Zappa

Author:
Zappa, Francesco  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mali
Bamako
Date:
2015
Topic:
Booksellers and bookselling  Search this
Islamic literature  Search this
Religious literature--Distribution  Search this
Islamic learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
BL2400 .N47 2015
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1051015

The treasures of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer ; photographs by Alyssa Banta

Author:
Hammer, Joshua 1957-  Search this
Banta, Alyssa  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Haidara, Abdel Kader  Search this
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba"  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mali
Tombouctou
Date:
2006
Topic:
Manuscripts, Arabic  Search this
Private libraries  Search this
Islamic learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
AP2 .S666
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_897783

Xian Qin Qi xue kao / Lin Li'e zhu

Title:
先秦齊學考 / 林麗娥著
Author:
Lin, Li'e  Search this
Physical description:
10, 10, 629 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Shandong Sheng
Date:
1992
Min guo 81 [1992]
Spring and Autumn period, 722-481 B.C
Warring States, 403-221 B.C
Topic:
Learning and scholarship--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
AZ791.Z7 S465
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_883726

State and scholars in Tʻang China / David McMullen

Author:
McMullen, David  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 423 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1988
221 B.C.-960 A.D
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Topic:
Learning and scholarship--History  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DS747.42 M36
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_870273

Song Yuan xue an / Huang Zongxi deng bian

Title:
宋元學案 / 黄宗羲等编.
Author:
Huang, Zongxi 1610-1695  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1990
Topic:
Learning and scholarship--History  Search this
Call number:
AZ791 .H8 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_880668

Polish scholars: their contribution to world science. [Translation: Eugeniusz Lepa]

Author:
Dobrowolski, Marian  Search this
Physical description:
207 p. illus. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Poland
Date:
1960
Topic:
Learning and scholarship  Search this
Call number:
AZ15 .D63 E1960
AZ15.D63 E1960
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72420

American studies in a moment of danger / George Lipsitz

Author:
Lipsitz, George  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
20th century
1945-
Topic:
Learning and scholarship--Social aspects  Search this
Social movements--History  Search this
Minorities--Study and teaching  Search this
National characteristics, American  Search this
Study and teaching  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714664

The emperor's four treasures : scholars and the state in the late Chʻien-lung era / R. Kent Guy

Author:
Guy, R. Kent 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1987
Qianlong, 1736-1795
Topic:
Learning and scholarship  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
AC149.S73 G89
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_871120

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