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National Gallery Of Modern Art, Tammi M. Owens
National Gallery Of Modern Art, Tammi M. Owens
Criss Library Faculty Publications
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) was founded in 1954 at the Jaipur House near the India Gate in New Delhi, India. Today the NGMA holds a permanent collection of over 17,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs, including most of Amrita Sher-Gil’s work not already in private collections, several hundred works by members of the Tagore family, and more than 6,700 works by painter Nandalal Bose. In 2009, the museum’s exhibition space significantly increased with the addition of several new wings.
Review Of Stirrings In The Archives: Order From Disorder, Wolfgang Ernst, Translated By Adam Siegel., Eric Willey
Review Of Stirrings In The Archives: Order From Disorder, Wolfgang Ernst, Translated By Adam Siegel., Eric Willey
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
A review of Stirrings in the Archives: Order from Disorder by German culture and media researcher Wolfgang Ernst, translated by Adam Siegel.
The Economy Of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur And Recession-Proof Your Life, Leticia Camacho
The Economy Of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur And Recession-Proof Your Life, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Palmer, a senior editor and personal finance columnist for U.S. News & World Report, claims that, due to our uncertain economy, people need to find ways of earning income beyond their full-time jobs. The author believes that one of the biggest trends in business today is the microbusiness, and he posits that even small amounts of monthly earnings can make a huge impact on people's incomes over time.
Measuring Worth: Relative Worth Calculators And Data Sets, Leticia Camacho
Measuring Worth: Relative Worth Calculators And Data Sets, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Measuring Worth was founded in 2006 by Lawrence Officer and Samuel Williamson (both, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago). They are also the founders of the Economic History Association's EH.net (CH, May'04, 41-5036). Measuring Worth explores alternative ways to compare and measure the relative worth of things. The site includes historical data on economic aggregates from the US, UK, and Australia, and to a lesser extent, Japan and China.
Latino Stats: American Hispanics By The Numbers, Leticia Camacho
Latino Stats: American Hispanics By The Numbers, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Today, 53 million Latinos live in the US, and Latino Stats provides an informative, positive portrait of this fast-growing population group. T he book, written by Malavé and Giordani, a Hispanic American mother and daughter research team, provides statistical data gathered primarily from government, private sector, nonprofit, and media sources. Ten chapters cover the basics of immigration, voting and politics, jobs and the economy, family and community, youth and education, health and environment, criminal justice, entertainment, technology, and sports and identity. Each chapter starts with a quote from a famous Hispanic American followed by a short introduction and a section …