Collecting East and West /:

If collecting the rare and valuable is an entirely normal trait of human behaviour, amassing objects from far-away places has also long played a role in the history of collecting. ""East"" and ""West"", or ""North"" and ""South&qu...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bracken, Susan (Susan Caroline) (HerausgeberIn), Gáldy, Andrea M. (HerausgeberIn), Turpin, Adriana (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Collecting histories.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:If collecting the rare and valuable is an entirely normal trait of human behaviour, amassing objects from far-away places has also long played a role in the history of collecting. ""East"" and ""West"", or ""North"" and ""South"", for that matter, are of course entirely relative to one's particular geographical position. Therefore, it is interesting that collecting exotic objects is an endeavour that unites humanity over millennia and round the globe. The ancient Assyrians did so as assiduously as ei ...
Beschreibung:Papers based on conference held in Florence in June, 2009.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xli, 210 pages .)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443852593
1443852597
1299974295
9781299974296
1443847798
9781443847797
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