Signatur:
QK355.M83 2011 
Standort: CATS / Abt. Ostasien: Monograph.
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| Verfasst von: | Mueggler, Erik [VerfasserIn]  |
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| Titel: | The paper road |
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| Titelzusatz: | archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet |
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| Verf.angabe: | Erik Mueggler |
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| Verlagsort: | Berkeley [u.a.] |
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| Verlag: | University of California Press |
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| Jahr: | 2011 |
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| Umfang: | XIV, 361 Seiten |
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| Illustrationen: | Illustrationen, Karten |
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| Fussnoten: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-520-26902-6 |
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| | 978-0-520-26902-6 |
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| | 978-0-520-26903-3 |
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| | 0-520-26902-0 |
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| | 0-520-26903-9 |
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| 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 |
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| | 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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| Schlagwörter: | (g)China / (g)Gansu / (g)Yunnan / (g)Tibet / (s)Botanik |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Mueggler, Erik, 1962 - : The Paper Road. - 1st ed.. - Berkerley : University of California Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (298 pages) |
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| RVK-Notation: | NU 7950 |
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| | WB 6800 |
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| | RR 69029 |
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| | NU 7900 |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 661196267 |
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978-0-520-26902-6,978-0-520-26903-3
¬The¬ paper road / Mueggler, Erik [VerfasserIn]; 2011
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