Discovering Nature: Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan

by Robert P. Weller

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521548411
• ISBN13: 9780521548410
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"