Unearthing the Nation - Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China

Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China.

About the author

Grace Yen Shen is assistant professor of Chinese history at Fordham University.

Summary

Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China.

Product details

• Authors: Grace Yen Shen, Shen Grace Yen, Grace Yen Shen
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2014
• EAN: 9780226090405
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09040-5
• No. of pages: 307
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith; mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SCIENCE / History, Nationalism, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, History of Science, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements