Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 189 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511805257
Content:
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 century. In spite of a century of independent political development, a comparison between China and Taiwan reveals surprising similarities, showing how globalization and shared cultural traditions have outweighed political differences in shaping their environments. The book will appeal to a broad readership from scholars of Asia, to environmentalists, and anthropologists
Content:
1. Discovering nature -- 2. Night of the living dead fish -- 3. New natures -- 4. Stories of stone-- 5. Garbage wars and spiritual environments -- 6. On 'Policies from above and countermeasures from below' -- 7. Globals and locals
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521839594
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521548410
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521839594
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511805257
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