The paper road : archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet /

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"This exhilarating book interweaves the stories of two early twentieth-century botanists to explore the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Erik Mueggler introduces Scottish botanist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mueggler, Erik, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
Forrest, George, > 1873-1932 > Travel.
Rock, Joseph F. > (Joseph Francis), > 1884-1962 > Travel.
Forrest, George, > 1873-1932
Rock, Joseph F. > (Joseph Francis), > 1884-1962
1900-1999
Botany > Fieldwork > China > Yunnan Sheng > History > 20th century.
Botany > Fieldwork > China > Gansu Sheng > History > 20th century.
Botany > Fieldwork > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History > 20th century.
Botanists > Scotland > Biography.
Botanists > United States > Biography.
Botanistes > Écosse > Biographies.
Botanistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
NATURE > Plants > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Botanists
Travel
Botany.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Plant Geography.
Yunnan Sheng (China) > Description and travel.
Gansu Sheng (China) > Description and travel.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel.
Yunnan (Chine : Sheng) > Descriptions et voyages.
Gansu (Chine) > Descriptions et voyages.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Descriptions et voyages.
China > Gansu Sheng
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
China > Yunnan Sheng
Scotland
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The eyes of others
  • Farmers and kings
  • The paper road
  • The golden mountain gate
  • pt. 2. Bodies real and virtual
  • Lost worlds
  • The mountain
  • Adventurers
  • The book of the Earth.

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