Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas. Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland, Paperback - Cangbai Wang

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas is the first book to analyse the recent upsurge in museums on Chinese diasporas in China. Examining her...

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the presen...

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This volume provides a collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture. Aimed at students of art history as well as conservation, t...

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, BostonNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 186 x 228 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescope...

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The first in a series on the cultural heritage of Uzbekistan, this book is dedicated to the State Art Museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.Publ...

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This richly illustrated volume presents Greek funerary monuments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's outstanding collection that offer insight in...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Andrew B. KipnisIllustration(s): 17 color photographs, 2 mapsNumber of pages: 190Publication da...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Edwina (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK) AttleeIllustration(s): 55 bw illusNumber of pages:...

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Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Chenxin JiangNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 19Cover type:...

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This book sheds light on the invisible early post-arrival period of female family migrants. With attention to the experiences of Chinese and Taiwan...

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Publisher: PicadorAuthor(s): Yang JishengTranslator: Guo JianNumber of pages: 768Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 36Cover type: Paperb...

This book analyses the economic and financial profiles of heritage assets as tourist attractions. Offering both theoretical insights, methods and g...

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China's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to...

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This book describes the first 50 years of the London Bus Preservation Group/Trust, including the many years at its Cobham Bus Museum premises, and ...

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