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The Silk Weavers of Kyoto: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry

Book by Tamara K. Hareven; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

Nishijin (Kyoto, Japan), Silk Industry--Japan--Kyoto, Silk Weaving--Japan--Kyoto, Weavers--Japan--Kyoto, Work And Family--Japan--Kyoto

Collections: History, Entire Library

...interviews of current and former manufacturers and silk weavers in Lyon, France, and Vienna, Austria...States, the Amoskeag Mills and the Kyoto silk-weaving enterprises differed dramatically...oral history offers almost the only feasible route
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Their Fathers' Daughters: Silk Mill Workers in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1880-1960

Book by Bonnie Stepenoff; Susquehanna University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Women Silk Industry Workers--Pennsylvania--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Pennsylvanias silk mills. While she correctly perceived child labor as a great social evil...in the mills. When that effort foundered, many found a dif- ferent route to self-determination. For many women a high school education opened...
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Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road

Book by Sally Hovey Wriggins; Westview Press, 1996

Subjects:

Priests, Buddhist--China--Biography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Museum Publications, 1985. Pilgrimage and the Silk Route Along the Ancient Silk Routes . New York: Berlin State Museum and Metropolitan...Silk Road Exposition. The Grand Exhibition of Silk Route Civilizations . 3 vols. Nara, Japan: National...
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Uygur Patronage in Dunhuang: Regional Art Centres on the Northern Silk Road in the Tenth Century

Book by Lilla Russell-Smith; Brill, 2005

Subjects:

Art, Uighur--China--Dunhuang Caves, Painting, Buddhist--China--Dunhuang Caves, Painting, Chinese--China--Dunhuang Caves, Uighur (Turkic People)

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...prosper at this important junction of the Silk Route and the trade routes to both central 1ibet and toward the...importance of the Kokonor-Chengdu Route, lin- king Sichuan with the Tarim Basin Silk Routes. 121 Elsewhere she has argued that...
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The Malay Peninsula: Crossroads of the Maritime Silk Road (100 BC-1300 AD)

Book by Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'H, Victoria Hobson; Brill, 2002

Subjects:

Malay Peninsula--Antiquities, Malay Peninsula--Commerce--History, Malay Peninsula--History, Malay Peninsula--Religion

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Khotan on the southern branch of the Silk Route fell in turn, increasing the Tibetans...along the traditional pathways of the Silk Route, and that beginning in 763, the...Tradesmen continued to use the routes at risk of death, or of paying heavy...

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Shadow of the Silk Road

Journal article by Frances Wood; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Shadow of the Silk Road (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...again. As the title hints, the Silk Road now barely survives, and...true that some talk of a "new Silk Road" of convoys of trucks hurtling across Asia, but the Silk Road of legend--the fabled route of supremely luxurious commodities...
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Early Cost Accounting Practices and Private Ownership: the Silk Factory Company of Portugal, 1745-1747

Journal article by José Matos Carvalho, Lúcia Lima Rodrigues, Russell Craig; The Accounting Historians Journal, Vol. 34, 2007

Subjects:

Cost accounting, History, Management controls, Manufacturers, Portugal, Product costing, Silk, Studies

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Two other important accounts were "dyed silks" (sedas tintas) and "general factory...ANTT, ledger, book 718. The dyed silks account was credited with the estimated costs to produce dyed silk and debited with the actual costs incurred...to the profit and loss account. "Dyed silks" was also an account on the balance sheet...
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Silk Roads or Steppe Roads? the Silk Roads in World History

Journal article by David Christian; Journal of World History, Vol. 11, 2000

Subjects:

World History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of a recent history of the Silk Roads that "by the opening...millennium B.C., a trading route stretched clear across Asia...they carved out the main routes across Asia, among them the Silk Road." 35 THE SILK ROADS IN THE CLASSICAL ERA...
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Flying Horses on the Silk Road

Journal article by Russell Fraser; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 78, 2002

Subjects:

China, Geographic profiles, History, Middle East, Travel

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...But will they make silk in Disneyland?" he says...Well take the Northern Silk Road and leave the desert...echo him. "Its the same route Marco Polo took," he...Skipping the scenic route, we decide to fly. Sinjiang...years, travelers on the Silk Road have hated and feared...
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Weaving Silk Purses from Cotton: a Practical Guide for International Education on a Budget

Journal article by Chad Berry, Lori A. Schmied; International Education, Vol. 34, 2004

Subjects:

Curricula, Higher education, International education, Models

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Weaving Silk Purses from Cotton: a Practical Guide for International Education on a...them to other cultures and worldviews. This is perhaps the most common route for institutions of higher learning to take: it is efficient because this...

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The Oriental Silk Road : A 3,500-Mile Journey across the Asian Portion of the Silk Route Begins in Beijing and Ends in the Bracingly Exotic Country of Uzbekistan

Magazine article by Masha Nordbye; World and I, Vol. 17, April 2002

Subjects:

China--Description and travel, Silk Road--Description and travel

Collections: Entire Library

...systematic exploration of Silk Route sites." Steins most remarkable...this desolate expanse, the Silk Road split into a northern and southern route at Dunhuang, with both...For more information on Silk Route adventures, contact Geographic...
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Silk Route Regions Revisited

Magazine article by Christine Osborne; The Middle East, March 1994

Subjects:

Bukhara, Uzbekistan--Description and travel, Samarkand, Uzbekistan--Description and travel, Silk Road--Historic sites, Uzbekistan--Historic sites

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Silk route regions revisited by Christine Osborne In...pilgrims and tourists, not cotton and silk will save it from economic disaster. Although...of its days as a great caravanserai on the Silk Route. The highest point in town is the...
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Exploring the Silk Road

Magazine article; Curriculum Review, Vol. 50, April 2011

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Silk Road: Explore the World's Most Famous Trade Routes (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Exploring the Silk Road. Teach the history, geography...the Worlds Most Famous Trade Routes by Kathy Ceceri (Nomad Press...who lived along the way. The Silk Road explains the importance of this ancient trade route through games, timelines...Battuta, a young scholar and Silk Road explorer from the 1300s...
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New Masters from the Silk Road : Selected Silk Road Project Commissions

Magazine article by Tom Pniewski; World and I, Vol. 17, April 2002

Subjects:

Folk music--Asia, Music--Asia, Popular culture, Silk Road

Collections: Entire Library

...thought about the meaning of the Silk Road, which connected East and...living on that land. Just as the Silk Road Project presents a new way...Mountains evokes the regions ancient Silk Road caravan route and is scored for cello, sheng...
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The Silk Road through Pakistan

Magazine article by Marie Williams; PSA Journal, Vol. 63, March 1997

Subjects:

Karakorum Highway--Description and travel, Pakistan--Description and travel, Silk Road--Description and travel

Collections: Entire Library

The Silk Road through Pakistan by Marie...and cultural exchange on the route, but it was such a coveted...name Silk Road stuck. The route bustled with activity from...D. when it declined as sea routes were opened. The Karakorum...this intriguing subject. The route continues into the Northwest...

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Folklife Focus on Silk Road; Smithsonian Festival a Tribute to Cultures along the Fabled Route

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 3, 2002

Subjects:

Silk Road

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Folklife focus on Silk Road; Smithsonian festival...to cultures along the fabled route Byline: Ann Geracimos, THE...cultures of the ancient and fabled Silk Road - will be the most ambitious...single theme and title: "The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures...
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Silk Route to Success; When Two Families Moved into a Clapham Common Terrace, a Chance Encounter between the Wives Could Have Turned Ugly but Resulted in a Close Friendship and Thriving Business, Says Katie Law Homes & Property

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 8, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Silk Route to Success; When Two Families Moved into...Three years on, the pair run a successful silk duvet and bed linen retail, mailorder and...when a friend of Ongs brought a luxurious silk-filled duvet back from Shanghai. Ong thought...
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My Silk Route to Istanbul

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 18, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

My Silk Route to Istanbul. Why its curtains...Polo. We saw some exquisite silk, deep green shot with silver thread - sari silk left unused from a special order...think I went as green as the silk, and confessed to Hande: All...a warehouse piled high with silks and muslins and nets. I bought...
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A SILKY FINISH; MARK CLEMENTS Took a Trip along the Route of the Silk Road, Taking in Some of the Fantastic Cities Which Are Packed with Amazing Architecture, Bazaars and History

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), January 4, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MARK CLEMENTS Took a Trip along the Route of the Silk Road, Taking in Some of the Fantastic...but it was once at the heart of the Silk Road - the ancient trading route...to travel along the route of the Silk Road that I felt my journey had really...
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Take the Rough with the Smooth; Be Clever with Texture. Pile the Bed High with Satin Cushions and Fleecy Blankets, Lie Rough Rugs on Smooth Tiles and Splash out on Silks and Velvets, Says Barbara Chandler

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 22, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Smooth Tiles and Splash out on Silks and Velvets, Says Barbara Chandler...Raffia, hopsack and embroidered silks on wool in deep-pigment dyes...cashmere throws backed with silk-satin, featheredged cushions...than 180 products. Go down the silk route Silk is a much-loved textural...

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Fergana Valley

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...historically served as an invasion route into the valley. The Xinjiang...mulberry tree plantations (for silk) cover the region, which is...Soviet Central Asia. Cotton and silk milling and the manufacture...b.c. The introduction of silk raising from China, the development...
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Osh

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Terminus of the Osh-Khorugh highway, Osh has silk, textile, and food-processing industries...Central Asia, Osh was for centuries a major silk-production center, strategically situated on a trade route to India. The old city adjoins the larger...
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Karshi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Darya River. It is the center of a fertile oasis that produces wheat, cotton, and silk. Karshi was founded in the 9th cent. as a stop on the caravan route between Samarkand and Afghanistan. It has a 16th-century mosque and mausoleum...
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Khudjand

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...its exit from the Fergana Valley . It is a major center for silk production; other industries produce clothing, footwear, and food products. Khudjand, located on an ancient caravan route from China to the Mediterranean, was a famous town marking...
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Andijan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...industrial center in an irrigated area that produces fruits, cotton, and silk. The city is traversed by numerous irrigation canals. It was a major stop on the caravan route between the Persian and Chinese empires. It was seized by Russia in 1876...

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