ISBN:
9780520269026
,
9780520269033
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 361 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mueggler, Erik, 1962 - The Paper Road
DDC:
580.92/2
Keywords:
Forrest, George Travel
;
Rock, Joseph Francis Charles Travel
;
Forrest, George 1873-1932 Travel
;
Rock, Joseph Francis Charles 1884-1962 Travel
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Botany Fieldwork 20th century
;
History
;
Botany Fieldwork 20th century
;
History
;
Botany Fieldwork 20th century
;
History
;
Botanists Biography
;
Botanists Biography
;
Botany Fieldwork
;
History
;
20th century
;
China
;
Yunnan Sheng
;
Botany Fieldwork
;
History
;
20th century
;
China
;
Gansu Sheng
;
Botany Fieldwork
;
History
;
20th century
;
China
;
Tibet Autonomous Region
;
Botanists Biography
;
Scotland
;
Botanists Biography
;
United States
;
Botanists Scotland
;
Biography
;
Botanists United States
;
Biography
;
Botany Fieldwork
;
China
;
Gansu Sheng
;
History
;
20th century
;
Botany Fieldwork
;
China
;
Tibet Autonomous Region
;
History
;
20th century
;
Botany Fieldwork
;
China
;
Yunnan Sheng
;
History
;
20th century
;
Gansu Sheng (China) Description and travel
;
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Description and travel
;
Yunnan Sheng (China) Description and travel
;
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Description and travel
;
Yunnan Sheng (China) Description and travel
;
Gansu Sheng (China) Description and travel
;
China
;
Gansu
;
Yunnan
;
Tibet
;
Botanik
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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