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

Glover, Denise M. (EDT)/ Harrell, Stevan (EDT)/ McKhann, Charles F. (EDT)

University of Washington Press（2011/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 320 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780295991177
• DDC分類 915.1043

Full Description

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.

Contents

Preface, Denise M. Glover

Introduction, Stevan Harrell

1. The Eyes of Others, Erik Mueggler

2. At Home in Two Worlds, Denise M. Glover

3. Searching for the "Lolos", Tamara Wyss

4. Classifying Joseph Rock, Alvin Yoshinaga et al.

5. Franc-Catholic Modernizer Paul Vial, Margaret B. Swain

6. David Crockett Graham, Charles F. McKhann and Alan Waxman

7. David Crocket Graham in Chinese Intellectual History, Jeff Kyong-McClain and Geng Jing

8. Science across Borders, Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang

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Contributions

Index