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The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet
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This 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.
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"There is no question that this is a superb book. It is bold, innovative, stylish, and captivating." -- Fa-ti Fan The Journal of Asian Studies "First things first: this is an outstanding book... Mueggler weaves together ... a lyrically-written story." New Bks In East Asian Stds "This work provides the reader with a remarkable look into another place and culture in a time gone by." -- Marilyn K. Alaimo Chicago Botanic Garden "A richly textured history... The book will provide lively, informative reading for ambitious readers and specialists... Highly recommended." -- J.W. Dauben, CUNY Herbert H. Lehman College Choice "Erik Mueggler has given us a book about the earth, and it is an exquisite and evocative text. I have eagerly begun the process of recommending it widely to scholars ... with passions every bit as diverse as the subject matter of this beautifully crafted narrative." -- Thomas S. Mullaney The British Journal for the History of Science
Author Biography
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).Related products
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