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Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950
Denise M. Glover
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Description for Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950
Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
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.
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Product Details
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Series
McLellan Endowed Series
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
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About Denise M. Glover
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 ... Read moreKyong-McClain, Erk Mueggler, Alan Waxman, Paul Weissich, Tamara Wyss, and Alvin Yoshinaga. Show Less
Reviews for Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950
"The book is destined to become part of the standard readings for students of modern China."
Jared M. Phillips
IIAS Newsletter
"Scholarly and multifaceted. Recommended."
Choice
"As a collection of biographies, the authors have included the sort of details, first-person accounts, and photographs that make biography such a wonderful form of historical writing…Specialists and general ... Read morereaders with an interest in China’s borderlands will find this book of value, above all, as a history of Western inquiry and adventure in the region."
Gregory Rohlf
Asian Highlands Perspectives, Vol. 28
"….a very valuable contribution that advances our understanding of an unfairly neglected topic in the study of China’s borderlands."
Fa-Ti Fan
Journal of Asian Studies
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