Discovering Nature: Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan

by Robert P. Weller

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Robert P. Weller's richly documented account describes the extraordinary transformations which have taken place in Chinese and Taiwanese responses to the environment across the twentieth century. Indeed, both places can be said to have 'discovered' a new concept of nature. The book focuses on nature tourism, anti-pollution movements, and policy implementation to show how the global spread of western ideas about nature has interacted with Chinese traditions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521548411

ISBN13:9780521548410

Release Date:February 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Asia China Conservation Cultural Globalization History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nature & Ecology Political Science

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