MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01593cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2009011804
003 DLC
005 20100304141507.0
008 090320s2009 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009011804
020 $a9780810951747
020 $a0810951746
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn316772621
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYBM$dTBS$dNDD$dVVC$dMOF$dCDX$dDLC
050 00 $aGT2250$b.D83 2009
082 00 $a391.709$222
100 1 $aDubin, Lois Sherr.
245 14 $aThe history of beads :$bfrom 100,000 B.C. to the present /$cLois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.
250 $aRev. and expanded ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAbrams,$c2009.
300 $a396 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c31 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- The Age of European expansion -- Africa -- The Far East: China, Korea, and Japan -- India -- Central Asia -- Southeast Asia and the South Pacific -- Middle and South America -- North America -- The special beads: amber and pearls -- The magical eye bead -- Contemporary: Europe and North America -- Bead shape table -- The timeline of bead history.
650 0 $aBeads$xHistory.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009011804-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009011804-b.html