The History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Present | 
| Author: Lois Sherr Dubin
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
List Price: $75.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 650903
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 364
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0810907364
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.7
EAN: 9780810907362
ASIN: 0810907364
Publication Date: October 7, 1987
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Condition: Fine in Fair jacket A sharp crisp, newlooking copy with excellent bright covers. Very handsomely printed on thick glossy paper with beautiful photography. Covers have a fine sheen to the cloth. Jacket has mild rumpling and a few dents, but folded edges have remained sharp. Corners of jacket have a little rubbing. Ordinarily I would rate this a Good jacket but though perfectly adequate it is not the best match for the fine condition of the book. Please note this is a big heavy book that may need extra shipping for overseas or Priority.
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Amazon.com Review
Beads have been used throughout the ages and in virtually every culture, not simply as adornment but to express social circumstances, political occurrences, and religious beliefs; as a form of currency; or as symbolic embodiments of curative powers. And they're colorful, made of various interesting materials, and can be combined in endless configurations. With more than 100 crisp color photos and intelligently written text that reaps the benefits of the author's 30 years of research, The History of Beads documents bead styles and uses in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Far East. Ranging from prehistoric times to the 20th century, this book stops along the way to consider the magic eye bead, prayer beads, and beads with other special attributes. An eight-page color gatefold section offers a fascinating timeline of the bead's history at a glance. Bead devotees can satisfy their curiosity about their medium of choice and draw inspiration for their own creations from the beautiful photos of necklaces, collars, bags, headdresses, and other beaded ornaments. --Amy Handy
Product Description
In its original hardcover edition (1987), this remarkable book was the first comprehensive history of beads ever published. It includes several thousand examples of beads, beaded jewelry, and beadwork representing 30,000 years of history and drawn from every major culture and region of the world. Now largely unavailable in hardcover and still the most authoritative book on the subject, it is finally available in paperback at a very attractive price. For thousands of years, beads have played an important role throughout the world, from Japan to Cameroon. This highly unusual and innovative volume surveys the fascinating story of their evolution: beads have been used as a medium of trade, as talismans, as personal adornment, as status symbols, and as religious artifacts. They are capsules of cultural, historical, and technological information. This ambitious survey of beads and their unique contribution to history features more than 380 illustrations, most in full color, a spectacular illustrated time line of bead history, detailed maps, a chart of bead shapes, and a highly readable text by Lois Sherr Dubin.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Looking for more June 22, 2008
A beader was looking for the history of beads, their origins and the processes used to produce beads. Specifically, those topics for modern day beads. Too little detail on modern beads for the purpose the book was purchased.
 (African) Trade Beads April 5, 2008
Highly detailed, technical and descriptive ... outstanding for the "advanced", but over-whelming and a bit complex for the novice (as I am).
Overall, a book that one can acclimate to and find valuable and well worth the investment in time and practical use.
Not too much about Contemporary Beads October 4, 2007
This book was fine if you wanted information regarding beads up until the 1940's, but the information on beads after that period is very very slim. The words "to the present" is very misleading.
 very informative March 26, 2007
This book covered all about beads. I bought it for a presentation my daughter was doing for her 6th grade class. It was very helpful.
Sparse February 14, 2007
I was expecting a huge book full of pictures and information, and while there are pictures and good information, it's rather sparse. I'm surprised at how few books are available on the subject of jewelry in history, considering it's nearly the only thing we have left of many cultures. If you are desperate for any information on beads in history, this is a good starting place, but I was left wanting more.
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