Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan

Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan

Author: M. Chaiklin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-08-22

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1137363339

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The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.


The Global Diamond Industry

The Global Diamond Industry

Author: Roman Grynberg

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1137537612

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The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development brings together a collection of papers covering various aspects of the diamond industry including economics, law, history, sociology and development across two volumes.