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Unearthing the nation : modern geology and nationalism in republican China / Grace Yen Shen.
LIBRA QE13.C6 S54 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shen, Grace Yen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--China--History--20th century.
- Geology.
- Geologists--China--History--20th century.
- Geologists.
- Nationalism and science--China.
- Nationalism and science.
- History.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction : science, nation, and Chinese modernity
- The lay of the land : territoriality, foreign exploration, and modern geology in Qing China
- Shaping the field : fieldwork and the creation of the modern Chinese geologist
- A host of nations : cosmopolitanism and the Geological Society of China
- The Nanjing decade : geological expansion and the state
- Resistance and reconstruction : emergence of a domestic community
- Conclusion : grounded visions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226090405
- 022609040X
- OCLC:
- 845349915
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