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

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages)
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English language
Americans language
Summary "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 close association between scientific and humanistic knowledge; a lack of conflict between science and faith; and the union of the natural world and the world of "nature people." Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands examines their cultural and personal assumptions while emphasizing their remarkable lives, and considers their contributions to a body of knowledge that has important contemporary significance.Essays are devoted to D. C. Graham, Joseph Rock, Reginald Farrer and George Forrest, Ernest Henry Wilson, Paul Vial, Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang, and Friedrich Weiss and Hedwig Weiss-Sonnenburg. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, this collection reveals the extraordinary lives and times of these remarkable people. Denise M. Glover is visiting assistant professor of anthropology, University of Puget Sound; Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology, University of Washington; Charles F. McKhann is professor of anthropology, Whitman College; Margaret Byrne Swain is associate adjunct professor of women and gender studies, University of California, Davis. The other contributors are Magnus Fiskesjo, Paul Harris, He Jiangyu, Geng Jing, Jeff Kyong-McClain, Erk Mueggler, Alan Waxman, Paul Weissich, Tamara Wyss, and Alvin Yoshinaga"--Provided by publisher.
"Profiles pioneering Euro-American scientists and explorers in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.
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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Subject Scientific expeditions -- China -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
Scientific expeditions.
China.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Scientific expeditions -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Scientists -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- Congresses.
Scientists.
Europe.
Intellectual life.
Scientists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- Congresses.
United States.
China -- Discovery and exploration -- English.
China -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Discoveries in geography -- American.
Discoveries in geography -- English.
Amerikaner.
Europäer.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Glover, Denise Marie.
Added Title Explorers and scientists in China's borderlands, 1880-1950
Other Form: Print version: Explorers & scientists in China's borderlands, 1880-1950 Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011. 9780295991177 (hardback : alk. paper) (DLC) 2011014511
ISBN 9780295804514 ebook
0295804513
9780295991177 hardback alkaline paper
0295991178 hardback alkaline paper
9780295991184 paperback
0295991186 paperback