Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950 /

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"Profiles pioneering Euro-American scientists and explorers in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Glover, Denise Marie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Grenzgebiet
Forschungsreisender
Scientific expeditions.
Discoveries in geography > English.
Discoveries in geography > American.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
NATURE > Reference.
NATURE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
HISTORY > Expeditions & Discoveries.
Scientifiques > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > Congres.
Expeditions scientifiques > Chine > Histoire > 20e siecle > Congres.
Expeditions scientifiques > Chine > Histoire > 19e siecle > Congres.
Scientists > United States > Intellectual life > Congresses.
Scientists > Europe > Intellectual life > Congresses.
Scientific expeditions > China > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Scientific expeditions > China > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Europäer.
Amerikaner.
China
United States.
Europe.
China.
China > Discovery and exploration > American.
China > Discovery and exploration > English.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction: Explorers, Scientists, and Imperial Knowledge Production in Early Twentieth-Century China; 1. The Eyes of Others: Race, "Gaping," and Companionship in the Scientific Exploration of Southwest China; 2. At Home in Two Worlds: Ernest Henry Wilson as Natural Historian; 3. Searching for the "Lolos" : Tracking Fritz and Hedwig Weiss's trip to the Liangshan Region in 1913; 4. Classifying Joseph Rock: Metamorphic, Conglomerate, and Sedimentary; 5. Franco-Catholic Modernizer Paul Vial: His Legacy amongst the Sani Yi.
  • 6. David Crockett Graham: American Missionary and Scientist in Sichuan, 1911-19487. David Crockett Graham in Chinese Intellectual History: Foreigner as Nation Builder; 8. Science across Borders; Gazetteer; References; Contributors; Index.

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