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Zusatztext "A richly textured history. . . . The book will provide lively! informative reading for ambitious readers and specialists. . . . Highly recommended." Informationen zum Autor Erik Mueggler is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Age of Wild Ghosts: Memory! Violence! and Place in Southwest China (UC Press). Klappentext "An absolutely breathtaking book -- in its thoughtfulness and imaginativeness! in the breadth and depth of the research which it entailed! in its geographical! cultural! and historical situatedness! and in its profound critical empathy for all of the key players. Beautifully and skillfully written." - Sydney White! Associate Professor of Anthropology! Asian Studies! and Women's Studies at Temple University " The Paper Road is an eloquent! even haunting narrative of the relationships between colonial explorers/scientists and their native collaborators that makes vivid the theme of 'colonial intimacy.' It speaks to scholars working on Chinese minorities and frontier relations! to historians of comparative colonialism! to experts on Tibet and Buddhism! and probably also simply to lovers of tales of mountains and exploration." -Charlotte Furth! Professor Emerita of Chinese History ! University of Southern California. Zusammenfassung Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction Part I 1. The Eyes of Others 2. Farmers and Kings 3. The Paper Road 4. The Golden Mountain Gate Part II 5. Bodies Real and Virtual 6. Lost Worlds 7. The Mountain 8. Adventurers 9. The Book of the Earth Notes Bibliography Index ...
