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Author Weller, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1953-

Title Discovering nature : globalization and environmental culture in China and Taiwan / Robert P. Weller.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Discovering nature; 2 Night of the living dead fish; 3 New natures; 4 Stories of stone; 5 Garbage wars and spiritual environments; 6 On"policies from above and countermeasures from below"; 7 Globals and locals; Chinese characters; Bibliography; Index.
Summary A description of the extraordinary transformations which have taken place in Chinese and Taiwanese responses to the environment across the twentieth century. The comparison between China and Taiwan reveals surprising similarities, showing how globalization and shared cultural traditions have outweighed political differences in shaping their environments.
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Subject Environmental policy -- China.
Environmental policy.
China.
Environmental policy -- Taiwan.
Taiwan.
Environmental protection -- China.
Environmental protection.
Environmental protection -- Taiwan.
Culture and globalization -- China.
Culture and globalization.
Culture and globalization -- Taiwan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Weller, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1953- Discovering nature. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521839599 0521548411 (OCoLC)61757102
ISBN 0511146787 (electronic book)
9780511146787 (electronic book)
0511146205 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511146206 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
0521839599
9780521839594
0521548411
9780521548410
0511145764
9780511145766
9780511805257 (electronic book)
051180525X (electronic book)
1280422084
9781280422089