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UNINA9910452589303321 |
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Wang Chi <1932-> |
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Building a better Chinese collection for the Library of Congress [[electronic resource] ] : selected writings / / Chi Wang |
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Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012 |
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1-280-99897-0 |
9786613770585 |
0-8108-8549-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Chinese imprints |
Book industries and trade - China - History - 20th century |
Libraries - China - History - 20th century |
Scholars - United States |
Electronic books. |
China Library resources |
United States Relations China |
China Relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; 1 Building a Better Chinese Collection; 2 Possibilities for Future Book Exchanges and Other Findings from Trip to China, 1972; 3 Follow-Up Observations on China's Libraries and Publishing Activities, 1973; 4 Libraries and Library Collections in China and Hong Kong; 5 Chinese Knowledge of the United States: A Preliminary Survey, 1980; 6 Report on Trip to Chinese Film Festival; 7 Chinese-Character Encoding Methods and Library Automation; 8 The Challenges of Collection and Facility Management for China's Libraries, 1984 |
9 The Early History and Development of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, 198410 Conducting Research on China; 11 The Teaching of U.S. History in the People's Republic of China, 1985; 12 Tracing the History of Libraries and Archives in China, June 28, 1989; 13 Library of Congress Chinese Collection; 14 The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 15 Developments and Trends in Publishing in the People's |
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Republic of China; Appendix A: Testimony before Congress on the State of the Library of Congress Chinese-Language Collection |
Appendix B: Comments on the Proposed Reorganization of the Library of Congress Asian Division, Spring 2003Appendix C: Recognition by CEAL for Contributions and Service to East Asian Libraries; Index; About the Author |
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In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress and his crusade to transform it into the largest collection and Chinese cultural presence outside Asia. Select writings discuss publication and personnel exchanges with Chinese academic libraries, Chinese character encoding and library automation, and publishing activities in China. |
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UNINA9910585985403321 |
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Autore |
Gardner Jonathan |
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A Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events : from the Great Exhibition to London 2012 / / Jonathan Gardner |
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London, United Kingdom : , : UCL Press, , 2022 |
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1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
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Special events |
Urban archaeology |
Antiquities |
England London |
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1. Introduction: Mega events as time machines -- 2. Mega methodologies -- 3. 1851: Rematerialising the Great Exhibition -- 4. All that is solid melts: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham,1854-2021 -- 5. Rebuilding the past at the South Bank Exhibition and the Festival of |
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Britain, 1951 -- 6. Games Time: London 2012 and the absent present -- 7. Legacy or heritage? Making time in the post-Olympic city -- 8. Discussion: The contemporary archaeology of mega events. |
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Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events explores the traces of London's most significant modern 'mega events'. Though only open for a few weeks or months, mega events permanently and disruptively reshape their host cities and societies: they demolish and rebuild whole districts, they draw in materials and participants from around the globe and their organisers self-consciously seek to leave a 'legacy' that will endure for decades or more. With London as his case study, Jonathan Gardner argues that these spectacles must be seen as long-lived and persistent, rather than simply transient or short-term. Using a novel methodology drawn from the field of contemporary archaeology - the archaeology of the recent past and present-day - a broad range of comparative studies are used to explore the long-term history of each event. These include the contents and building materials of the Great Exhibition's Crystal Palace and their extraordinary 'afterlife' at Sydenham, South London; how the Festival of Britain's South Bank Exhibition employed displays of ancient history to construct a new post-war British identity; and how London 2012, as the latest of London's mega events, dealt with competing visions of the past as archaeology, waste and heritage in its efforts to create a positive legacy for future generations. |
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