Discovering Nature Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan

Name: Discovering Nature Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan
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ISBN: 9780521548410

ISBN-10: 0521548411

ISBN-13: 9780521548410

Edition: 2005

Authors: 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. Inevitably differences of understanding across groups have caused problems in administering environmental reforms. They will have to be resolved if the dynamic transformations of the 1980s are to be maintained in the twenty-first…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




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