Mapping Shangrila - Contested Landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands

Klappentext Emily T. Yeh is associate professor of geography at the University of Colorado Boulder and the author of Taming Tibet . Chris Coggins is professor of geography and Asian studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock and the author of The Tiger and the Pangolin: Nature! Culture! and Conservation in China . Contributors include Michael Hathaway! Travis Klingberg! Charlene E. Makley! Bob Moseley! Renie Mullen! Michelle Olsgard Stewart! Chris Vasantkumar! Li-hua Ying! John Aloysius Zinda! and Gesang Zeren. Zusammenfassung In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County! Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance! representation! resistance! and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Contributors Michael Hathaway, Travis Klingberg, Charlene E. Makley, Bob Moseley, Renee Mullen, Michelle Olsgard Stewart, Chris Vasantkumar, Li-hua Ying, John Aloysius Zinda, and Gesang Zeren.

Product details

• Authors: Emily T Yeh, Emily T. Coggins Yeh
• Assisted by: Chris Coggins (Editor), Christopher R. Coggins (Editor), Emily Yeh (Editor), Emily T. Yeh (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9780295993577
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99357-7
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China; Studies on Ethnic Groups in China; Mapping Shangrila
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)