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

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

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

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950 by Denise M. Glover, Stevan Harrell, Charles F. McKhann, Margaret Byrne Swain, Denise M. Glover,Stevan Harrell,Charles F. McKhann,Margaret Byrne Swain in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Chinese History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780295991177
eBook ISBN
9780295804514
Topic
History
Subtopic
Chinese History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction: Explorers, Scientists, and Imperial Knowledge Production in Early Twentieth-Century China
  4. 1. The Eyes of Others: Race, “Gaping,” and Companionship in the Scientific Exploration of Southwest China
  5. 2. At Home in Two Worlds: Ernest Henry Wilson as Natural Historian
  6. 3. Searching for the “Lolos” : Tracking Fritz and Hedwig Weiss’s trip to the Liangshan Region in 1913
  7. 4. Classifying Joseph Rock: Metamorphic, Conglomerate, and Sedimentary
  8. 5. Franco-Catholic Modernizer Paul Vial: His Legacy amongst the Sani Yi
  9. 6. David Crockett Graham: American Missionary and Scientist in Sichuan, 1911–1948
  10. 7. David Crockett Graham in Chinese Intellectual History: Foreigner as Nation Builder
  11. 8. Science across Borders
  12. Gazetteer
  13. References
  14. Contributors
  15. Index