Knowing Manchuria : environments, the senses, and natural knowledge on an Asian borderland /: environments, the senses, and natural knowledge on an Asian borderland. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ruth Rogaski.
• Authors: Rogaski, Ruth
• Contents: Introduction: The flying voles of Gannan and the challenge of knowing Manchuria's natures -- Landscapes of exile: nostalgia and natural history on the journey to Ningguta -- Where the dragon arose: discovering the dragon through number and blood -- Si(gh)ting the White Mountain: locating Mount Paektu/Changbai in a sacred landscape -- Flowers along the Amur: making sense of plant diversity on the Amazon of Asia -- Fossils of empire: the Jehol Biota and the age of coal -- Plagueland: pursuing Yersinia pestis on the Manchurian-Mongolian grassland -- Scientific redemption: the flying voles of Gannan revisited -- Reclaimed: technology and embodied knowledge on the Sanjiang Plain -- Conclusion: a view from the mountain.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations (colour), maps (colour
• Subjects: 508.51/8; Natural history -- China -- Manchuria; Borderlands -- China -- Manchuria; Borderlands; Natural history; Travel; Manchuria (China) -- Description and travel; China -- Manchuria; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226818801; 0226818802
• Related ISBNs: 9780226809656; 022680965X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.