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This book examines a range of art forms produced by Indians in northeastern North American for sale to travelers and tourists during the 18th and 19th centuries. Images newly uncovered in archives and travel literature--including depictions of Native vendors and makers--illustrate the book, along with never-before-displayed or published objects from museum collections in Europe and North America. 209 illustrations, 38 in color. Map.

In 1832, Washington Irving, recently returned from seventeen years' residence abroad and eager to explore his own country, embarked on an expedition to the country west of Arkansas set aside for the Indians. "A Tour on the Prairies" is his absorbing account of that journey, which extended from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers in what is now Oklahoma. First published in 1835, it has remained a perennial favorite, retaining its original freshnes...

Morris Rossabi is professor of history at the City University of New York and visiting professor of East and Inner Asian History, Columbia University. Among his many publications are Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times and Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West. The contributors are Gardner Bovingdon, David Bachman, Uradyn E. Bulag, Melvyn C. Goldstein, Mette Halskov Hansen, Matthew T. Kapstein, and Jonath...

Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, Polish-Lithuanian state enjoyed unusual domestic tranquillity, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century. This title presents an account that deals with this important era.

Explores the history of a symbol of the Pacific Northwest and the national park that preserves it. Interspersed between information on the mountain's geological and glacial origins, its current ecological health, and the century-old stewardship of the park, are first-person stories by Native people

Bill Holm is internationally recognized as a leading expert on Northwest Coast, Plateau, and Plains Indian art. As curator emeritus of Native American art at the Burke Museum, professor emeritus of art history at the University of Washington, and author of numerous books and articles, including the classic work Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form, he has established an unparalleled reputation as a scholar, teacher, and craftsman. F...

This volume presents a selection of paintings, poetry, essays, and other writings by the Chinese American modernist Yun Gee (1906-1963), together with essays about the artist. Gee arrived in San Francisco from Guangdong Province at the age of fifteen and within a few years established himself as one of the city's most daring avant-garde painters, But all of his astonishing efforts with the brush and palette ran up against an intense anti-Chine...

Among Xiaoyuan Hanyu's features are: - Accompanying audio CD- Ease in following any of the leading beginning-Chinese textbooks- Thorough preparation of the student for both spoken and written advanced Chinese in the classroom and for travel in China- Emphasis on listening and speaking in class, centered on natural dialogues that use actual spoken forms, not "textbook language"- Simplified characters and pinyin romanization. with equivalent tra...

The security environment of Northeast Asia is increasingly affected by developments in the Russian Far East, including a longstanding economic crisis, changes in Russia's military policies, and the devolution of power to regional governments. This title comprehensively assesses the relationships among the economic collapse of the region.

Inland Fishes of Washington includes: - Information on all 91 fishes found in Washington- Life history accounts that apply to the majority of fishes in Idaho, Oregon, and British Columbia- 103 color illustrations- 73 state distribution maps- Keys for identifying specimens, with illustrative diagrams and instruction in basic methods of fish identification- Life histories, and ecological information related to distribution, habits and habitat, a...

Sara Walsh was born in 1919 in the west of Ireland, in a land of storytellers. In prose that is neither history nor memoir but something larger and brighter than both, ."Remembering Ahanagran captures her memories of her early years in Ireland, her migration to the United States, and her marriage to Harry White, the Harvard-educated son of Russian Jewish emigrants. Her son, eminent historian Richard White, in collaboration with Sara, forces hi...

Drawing on the gourd in a Yoruba legend--which has come to symbolize in modern times the warfare and enslavement that have culminated in the black Diaspora--"The Shattered Gourd" uses the lens of visual art to examine connections between the United States and the Yoruba region of western Nigeria. 47 illus.

Chikubushinta, a sacred island north of the ancient capital of Kyoto, attracted the attention of Japan's rulers in the Momoyama period (1568-1615) and became a repository of their art, including a lavish, decorated building dedicated to the world of Benzaiten. In this meticulous and lucid study, Andrew Warsky keenly illustrates how private belief and political ambition influenced artistic production at the intersection of institutional Buddhis...

From the time that Roger Sale's interpretive history Seattle Past to Present was published in 1976 he has often served as an unofficial guide for friends and visitors to Seattle, and has also been asked by those who run professional tours for advice on how to view Seattle with fresh eyes. In Seeing Seattle he invites the reader to join him in walking tours of the city in a collaborative process of looking, asking, and forming opinions and judg...

A handy guide for winter sports enthusiasts, mountaineers, and avalanche-safety specialists.

From Monterey Bay to northern British Columbia, zoologist Eugene Kozloff describes the common plants and animals that inhabit rocky shores, sandy beaches, and quiet bays and estuaries.

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Describes her life as a political refugee after the Russo-Japanese War, her family's move to California, and the conflict between their poverty and her vision of America.