04817nam 22009615 450 991045743910332120210111220934.01-283-29188-697866132918820-520-95049-610.1525/9780520950498(CKB)2550000000056958(EBL)785222(OCoLC)759398136(SSID)ssj0000539876(PQKBManifestationID)11357062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539876(PQKBWorkID)10581085(PQKB)10643088(DE-B1597)519701(DE-B1597)9780520950498(MiAaPQ)EBC785222(PPN)260013072(EXLCZ)99255000000005695820200424h20112011 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Paper Road Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet /Erik MuegglerBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]©20111 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26902-0 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I -- Part II -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis exhilarating book interweaves the stories of two early twentieth-century botanists to explore the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Erik Mueggler introduces Scottish botanist George Forrest, who employed Naxi adventurers in his fieldwork from 1906 until his death in 1932. We also meet American Joseph Francis Charles Rock, who, in 1924, undertook a dangerous expedition to Gansu and Tibet with the sons and nephews of Forrest's workers. Mueggler describes how the Naxi workers and their Western employers rendered the earth into specimens, notes, maps, diaries, letters, books, photographs, and ritual manuscripts. Drawing on an ancient metaphor of the earth as a book, Mueggler provides a sustained meditation on what can be copied, translated, and revised and what can be folded back into the earth.Botanists -- Scotland -- BiographyBotanists -- United States -- BiographyBotany -- Fieldwork -- China -- Gansu Sheng -- History -- 20th centuryBotany -- Fieldwork -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History -- 20th centuryBotany -- Fieldwork -- China -- Yunnan Sheng -- History -- 20th centuryForrest, George, 1873-1932 -- TravelGansu Sheng (China) -- Description and travelRock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962 -- TravelTibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travelYunnan Sheng (China) -- Description and travelBotanyFieldworkHistory20th centuryChinaYunnan ShengBiographyBotanyHistoryFieldwork20th centuryChinaGansu ShengBiographyBotanyFieldworkHistory20th centuryChinaTibet Autonomous RegionBotanistsScotlandBotanistsUnited StatesBotanyHILCCEarth & Environmental SciencesHILCCPlant GeographyHILCCElectronic books.Botanists -- Scotland -- Biography.Botanists -- United States -- Biography.Botany -- Fieldwork -- China -- Gansu Sheng -- History -- 20th century.Botany -- Fieldwork -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History -- 20th century.Botany -- Fieldwork -- China -- Yunnan Sheng -- History -- 20th century.Forrest, George, 1873-1932 -- Travel.Gansu Sheng (China) -- Description and travel.Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962 -- Travel.Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel.Yunnan Sheng (China) -- Description and travel.BotanyFieldworkHistoryBotanyHistoryFieldworkBotanyFieldworkHistoryBotanistsBotanistsBotanyEarth & Environmental SciencesPlant Geography580.92/2Mueggler Erik, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1035988DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910457439103321The Paper Road2456025UNINA