Unearthing the nation : modern geology and nationalism in republican China

Author/Creator:

Shen, Grace Yen, author

Publication/Creation:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Unearthing the nation : modern geology and nationalism in republican China / Grace Yen Shen

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Geology--China--History--20th century
Geologists--China--History--20th century
Nationalism and science--China

Description/Summary

Table of 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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990033964980302486

ISBN:

9780226090405 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022609040X (cloth : alkaline paper)

OCLC Number:

845349915

Barcode:

010002723775