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Author:

Mueggler, Erik, 1962-

Title:

The paper road : archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet / Erik Mueggler.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Forrest, George,--1873-1932--Travel.
Rock, Joseph F.--(Joseph Francis),--1884-1962--Travel.
Botany--History--Yunnan Sheng--Yunnan Sheng--History--20th century.
Botany--History--Gansu Sheng--Gansu Sheng--History--20th century.
Botany--History--Tibet Autonomous Region--Tibet Autonomous Region--History--20th century.
Yunnan Sheng (China)--Description and travel.
Gansu Sheng (China)--Description and travel.
Tibet (China)--Description and travel.
Botanists--Scotland--Biography.--Biography.
Botanists--United States--Biography.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. The eyes of others -- Farmers and kings -- The paper road -- The golden mountain gate -- pt. 2. Bodies real and virtual -- Lost worlds -- The mountain -- Adventurers -- The book of the Earth.

ISBN:

0520269039 (paper : alk. paper)
9780520269033 (paper : alk. paper)
0520269020 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520269026 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)712114217

LCCN:

2011017740

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)