Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem

By Richard Kurin

Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem

By Richard Kurin

Saving Haiti s heritage

By Richard Kurin

"The aim of the Haiti Cultural Recovery Project was to rescue, recover, safeguard, and help restore Haitian cultural materials damaged and endangered by the January 12, 2010 earthquake and its afte...

Res Anthropology and Aesthetics 52 Fall 2007 Res Anthropology and Aesthetics

By William L. Jr. Fash, Viola Konig, Moyo Okediji, Ruth Phillips, Henry Kim, Jeffrey Quilter, Thomas Lentz, Natalia Majluf, Michael Herzfeld, Anne D Alleva, Suzanne Blier, Ivan Gaskell, Richard Kurin, Mary Malloy, Jolene Rickard

Smithsonian Folklife Festival

By Richard Kurin

Reflections of a Culture Broker

By Richard Kurin

Is culture brokered like stocks, real estate, or marriage? In this engaging book, Richard Kurin shows that cultures are also mediated and indeed brokered by countries, organizations, communities, a...

Reflections of a culture broker

By Richard Kurin

Is culture brokered like stocks, real estate, or marriage? In this engaging book, Richard Kurin shows that cultures are always mediated and indeed brokered by countries, organizations, communities,...

Hope Diamond

By Richard Kurin

An entertaining and well-researched history of the Hope diamond Since its discovery in seventeenth-century India, the Hope diamond, a glimmering deep blue gem weighing over 45 carats, has been sh...

Madcap May

By Richard Kurin

May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond--one of the most valuable objects in the worl...

The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects

By Richard Kurin

The Smithsonian Institution is America's largest, most important, and most beloved repository for the objects that define our common heritage. Now Under Secretary for Art, History, and Culture Rich...