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Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Metal Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1604 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Keystone written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William L. Silber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691208697
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Story of Silver written by William L. Silber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1930s and by the richest man in the world, Texas oil baron Nelson Bunker Hunt, during the 1970s altered the course of American and world history. FDR pumped up the price of silver to help jump start the U.S. economy during the Great Depression, but this move weakened China, which was then on the silver standard, and facilitated Japan's rise to power before World War II. Bunker Hunt went on a silver-buying spree during the 1970s to protect himself against inflation and triggered a financial crisis that left him bankrupt. Silver has been the preferred shelter against government defaults, political instability, and inflation for most people in the world because it is cheaper than gold. The white metal has been the place to hide when conventional investments sour, but it has also seduced sophisticated investors throughout the ages like a siren. This book explains how powerful figures, up to and including Warren Buffett, have come under silver's thrall, and how its history guides economic and political decisions in the twenty-first century"--Publisher's description
Author : M. Williams
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137057262
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World written by M. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs.
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Total Pages : 538 pages
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Download or read book Metal Finishing written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexis McCrossen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022601486X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Marking Modern Times written by Alexis McCrossen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks, and expands our understanding of the ways we have standardized time and have made timekeepers serve as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that not merely values time, but regards access to it as a natural-born right.
Author : Leon Rosenstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801447348
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Antiques written by Leon Rosenstein and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leon Rosenstein offers a sweeping and lively account of the origin and development of the antique as both a cultural concept and an aesthetic category.
Author : Everett Gleason Hill
Publisher : Рипол Классик
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Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County written by Everett Gleason Hill and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1918 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Peter Kenney
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415288320
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)
Download or read book The Mysticism of Saint Augustine written by John Peter Kenney and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenney presents a fresh approach to reading the Confessions - Augustine's most famous book. Emphasising its Christianity rather than focusing on the pagan Neo-Platonism, this book is of significance to students, researchers and teachers alike.
Author : Vicki Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350278564
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Download or read book A Cultural History of Shopping in the Modern Age written by Vicki Howard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of Shopping was a Library Journal Best in Reference selection for 2022. In the modern consumer age that emerged after the First World War, shopping became a ubiquitous cultural practice. Despite its apparent universality, the historicity and contingency of shopping should not be ignored: its meaning was always inextricably linked to the political, material and economic contexts within which it took place. Gendered female for the most part, shopping continued to evoke different cultural responses, embraced as liberatory by some, condemned as frivolous by others. Business decisions and public policies helped construct the frameworks within which new, often American-led, shopping cultures emerged, from downtown department stores to chain stores to suburban shopping malls. The digital revolution in shopping that began in the last decade of the 20th century has changed the face of cities and towns and led to the closure of many bricks-and-mortar stores but, as this volume explores, the shopper remains very much at the center of Western capitalist societies. A Cultural History of Shopping in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with themes addressing practices and processes; spaces and places; shoppers and identities; luxury and everyday; home and family; visual and literary representations; reputation, trust and credit; and governance, regulation and the state.
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Total Pages : 600 pages
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Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen L. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811776530
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Enamel Buttons written by Karen L. Cohen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though enamel buttons have been around for centuries and are favorites of button collectors, there has not been a book completely dedicated to their study . . . until now! Author Karen L. Cohen brings her unique perspective as an enamelist, Studio Button Artist, and educator to Enamel Buttons: An Essential Resource for Collectors. Meticulous research combined with her insights about the properties of enamel and the techniques used in buttons make this a must-have book for every collector. Hundreds of photos provide examples of the various techniques and button types and are a valuable resource for study. Cohen explains why things look like they do, such as why Motiwala Bros. “Liquid Enamel” buttons look like they flow, while also helping the collector distinguish between closely related techniques, such as Champlevé and Cloisonné or Monochrome and Grisaille. Her extensive research on the evolution of enameling techniques provides the history chapter with fascinating facts intertwined with how they relate to enamel buttons. Cohen has documented many of the enamelist makers along with their back marks, making it easier for collectors to identify button finds. The appendices include related information such as how to identify enamel look-alikes such as CPE (cold plastic enamel) and restoration techniques. If you already collect enamel buttons, this is an essential resource for understanding your collection in more depth. If you are curious about the topic, this book tells it all: history, material, techniques and embellishments, makers, and more. If you are a collector of other types of enamelware or are fascinated with enameling or are someone who resells enamels such as antique dealers, this book is an excellent resource about the various aspects of enamel in general. Lastly, it’s a button book you will enjoy paging through again and again, admiring the hundreds of glorious enamel buttons!
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Gregory Wood-Martin
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Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book From the close of the revolution of 1688 to the present time written by William Gregory Wood-Martin and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 526 pages
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Download or read book The Sphere written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 836 pages
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Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
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Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Silver written by Benton Seymour Rabinovitch and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Taking as their brief the design of a simple fish server or cake slice, the British and American silversmiths whose work is represented in the collection of Benton Seymour Rabinovitch have produced a range of variations on a single theme. From the minimal simplicity of the purely functional to the lavish ostentation of the truly baroque, these pieces utilize elements of sea life, Scandinavian design, Florida Art Deco, eighteenth-century Rococo and totemic, timeless symbols of the natural world to forceful effect. Whether entirely abstract or startlingly representative, what these pieces have in common is the immense technical mastery that has gone into their design and construction - as well as the fact that, no matter how fantastic their appearance, they are all meant for practical use." "Each piece in the collection is illustrated in colour with a specially commissioned photograph and accompanied by an account of the work's conception. Personal accounts of the artists' guiding aesthetic and technical principles provide a long-needed, unique and authoritative window into current design practice both in Britain and the United States." "The authors provide a step-by-step guide to commissioning one's own pieces, as well as a design-historical context to the last fifty years of the craft. Designers and makers, curators and collectors, craft writers and historians, as well as anyone interested in the beautiful, will find in the volume a fund of information and inspiration."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
