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Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road / Susan Whitfield.

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Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road / Susan Whitfield.

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Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road / Susan Whitfield.

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Full title

Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road / Susan Whitfield.

Publisher

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Call Numbers

G 2018/2722

Record Identifier

74VKVoJGRD83

MMS ID

991024166375202626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 339 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

A pair of steppe earrings -- A hellenistic glass bowl -- A hoard of Kushan coins -- Amluk Dara Stupa -- A Bactrian Ewer -- A Khotanese plaque -- The Blue Qur'an -- A Byzantine hunter silk -- A Chinese almanac -- The unknown slave.

Publication information

Publisher

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Place of Publication

California

Date Published

[2018]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road--those wh...

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Full title

Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road / Susan Whitfield.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued As

Online version: Whitfield, Susan, 1960- Silk, slaves, and stupas. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520957664 (DLC) 2018002111

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/2722

Record Identifier

74VKVoJGRD83

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoJGRD83

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ISBN

0520281780 paperback ; alkaline paper

9780520281776 hardcover ; alkaline paper

0520281772 hardcover ; alkaline paper

9780520281783 paperback ; alkaline paper

DDC

950.1

MMS ID

991024166375202626

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