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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Mayer TanenbaumPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780911221589ISBN 10: 0911221581 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 09 October 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMary Mayer Tanenbaum was born and raised in San Francisco, where her girlhood experience of the sights and sounds of Chinatown sparked a lifelong passion for Chinese culture. After graduating from Stanford in 1936, she worked as a book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1938 she married Charles Tanenbaum and moved to New York. There she collected Chinese art and developed a deep knowledge of its history.Tanenbaum contributed extensively to cultural and scholarly life. Beyond the essays she wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, she compiled and edited the twelve-part series Chinese Book Arts and California, published in 1989 for the Book Club of California, and created an award for nonfiction writers through the San Francisco Foundation.At Stanford, she endowed the Mary M. Tanenbaum Fund for the acquisition of books and research materials on Chinese art. In 1993, she and Charles received the Warren R. Howell Award for exceptional contributions to Stanford University Libraries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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