Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950.
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TextSeries: McLellan Endowed SeriesPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (314 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780295804514
- Scientific expeditions -- China -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
- Scientific expeditions -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
- Scientists -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- Congresses
- Scientists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- Congresses
- China -- Discovery and exploration -- British
- China -- Discovery and exploration -- American
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Intro -- 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, 1911-1948 -- 7. David Crockett Graham in Chinese Intellectual History: Foreigner as Nation Builder -- 8. Science across Borders -- Gazetteer -- References -- Contributors -- Index.
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