| Author | Wilson, Samuel Meredith, 1957- |
| Place | Boulder, CO |
| Publisher | Westview Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Type | Book |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | GN366.W56 1999 |
| Description | xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note | The emperor's giraffe and other stories of cultures in contact / Samuel M. Wilson. Includes bibliographical references and index. The Columbus Quartet. Columbus, My Enemy. The Admiral and the Chief. Columbus's Competition. Columbus's Comeuppance -- Contrast and Coincidence in the Americas. White Legends and Lost Tribes. The Gardeners of Eden. Death and Taxes. Pandora's Bite. The Matter of Smallpox. "That Unmanned, Wild Countrey" Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca. Pilgrim's Paradox -- Encountering the European World. The Emperor's Giraffe. Coffee, Tea, or Opium? Tripitaka's Journey to the West. Vikings and Eskimos. Disney Dissonance -- Caribbean Connections. Saint George and Juncanoo. Caribbean Diasporas. Cricket and Colonialism -- The Cultural Richness of the World. Reburying Hatchets. A Texas Powwow. Trickster Treats. |
| Multimedia |  |
| ISBN | 081333585X ; 9780813335858 |
| LCCN | 98055918 |
| Author | Mair, Victor H., 1943-Sen, Tansen, 1967- |
| Place | Ann Arbor |
| Publisher | Association for Asian Studies |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Type | Digital Book (PDF) |
| Series | Key issues in Asian studies ; no. 9, Resources for teaching about Asia |
| Shelf | Digital Archives |
| Call Number | DS721.S395 2012d |
| Description | pdf. [xxi, 108 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm] |
| Note | Traditional China in Asian and world history / Tansen Sen and Victor H. Mair. Chronology -- Introduction -- Chinese perceptions of foreigners and foreign lands -- The rise of civilization in the central plains -- The formation and development of the silk routes -- China and the Buddhist world -- China in the age of commerce -- Conclusion. Local access dig.pdf. [Sen-Traditional China.pdf] |
| Multimedia | |
| ISBN | 9780924304651 ; 0924304650 |
| LCCN | 2011042500 |
