Explorers & scientists in China's borderlands, 1880-1950

Explorers & scientists in China's borderlands, 1880-1950 / edited by Denise M. Glover ... [et al.].

"The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American exploration of late imperial and Republican China range from botanists to ethnographers to missionaries. Although a diverse lot, all believed in objective, progressive, and universally valid science; a clo...

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Other Authors: Glover, Denise Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Scientific expeditions > China > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Scientific expeditions > China > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Scientists > Europe > Intellectual life > Congresses.
Scientists > United States > Intellectual life > Congresses.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
HISTORY > Expeditions & Discoveries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
Discoveries in geography > American
Discoveries in geography > English
Scientific expeditions
Forschungsreisender
Grenzgebiet
China > Discovery and exploration > English.
China > Discovery and exploration > American.
China
Europe
United States
Amerikaner.
Europäer.
Conference papers and proceedings
History
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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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