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
- Title:
- Knowing Manchuria : environments, the senses, and natural knowledge on an Asian borderland /: environments, the senses, and natural knowledge on an Asian borderland. (2022)
- Main Title:
- Knowing Manchuria : environments, the senses, and natural knowledge on an Asian borderland
- 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.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.719628
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