The paper road archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet
pt. 1. The eyes of others -- Farmers and kings -- The paper road -- The golden mountain gate -- pt. 2. Bodies real and virtual -- Lost worlds -- The mountain -- Adventurers -- The book of the Earth.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Berkeley u.a.
University of California Press
2011
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Forrest, George
> Travel
> Rock, Joseph Francis Charles
> Forrest, George 1873-1932
> Rock, Joseph Francis Charles 1884-1962
> Botany
> Fieldwork
> Botanists
> Biography
> Scotland
> United States
> Gansu Sheng (China)
> Description and travel
> Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
> Yunnan Sheng (China)
> China
> Gansu
> Yunnan
> Tibet
> Botanik
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | pt. 1. The eyes of others -- Farmers and kings -- The paper road -- The golden mountain gate -- pt. 2. Bodies real and virtual -- Lost worlds -- The mountain -- Adventurers -- The book of the Earth. Pt. 1. The eyes of others -- Farmers and kings -- The paper road -- The golden mountain gate -- pt. 2. Bodies real and virtual -- Lost worlds -- The mountain -- Adventurers -- The book of the Earth This exhilarating book interweaves the stories of two early twentieth-century botanists to explore the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Erik Mueggler introduces Scottish botanist George Forrest, who employed Naxi adventurers in his fieldwork from 1906 until his death in 1932. We also meet American Joseph Francis Charles Rock, who, in 1924, undertook a dangerous expedition to Gansu and Tibet with the sons and nephews of Forrest's workers. Mueggler describes how the Naxi workers an |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 361 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780520269026 978-0-520-26902-6 9780520269033 978-0-520-26903-3 0520269020 0520269039 |