Robert 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. 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.
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'... interesting and rich in cultural and historical discourse. ... an achievement of environmental sociological endeavour ... a useful base for further fruitful analysis. This anthropological book on the environment should be recommended to those scholars who are watching the ever-changing social contexts in modern Asia.' Anthropos
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This book describes the extraordinary transformations which have taken place in Chinese and Taiwanese responses to the environment across the twentieth century. It 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. 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.
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The notes from my first period of fieldwork in Taiwan, in the late 1970s, reveal no sign of nature beyond the immediate demands of farming. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nature tourism sites, living dead fish, environmental protection bureaucracy, globalizing ideas, garbage wars, national park law, township head, naphtha cracker, national park administration, wilderness ideal, forestry bureau, environmental protest, war against nature, environmental behavior Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Republic, New York, United States, Republic of China, United Nations, Cultural Revolution, Kending National Park, Environmental Protection Bureau, Friends of Nature, Hong Kong, Taiwan Greenpeace, Cook Ding, Full Moon, Stanford University Press, Chiang Hsun, China Youth Corps, East Asia, Tourism Bureau, University of California Press, West Mountain, World Bank, Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, China Journal, Environmental Protection Agency New!
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The notes from my first period of fieldwork in Taiwan, in the late 1970s, reveal no sign of nature beyond the immediate demands of farming. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nature tourism sites, living dead fish, environmental protection bureaucracy, globalizing ideas, garbage wars, national park law, township head, naphtha cracker, national park administration, wilderness ideal, forestry bureau, environmental protest, war against nature, environmental behavior Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Republic, New York, United States, Republic of China, United Nations, Cultural Revolution, Kending National Park, Environmental Protection Bureau, Friends of Nature, Hong Kong, Taiwan Greenpeace, Cook Ding, Full Moon, Stanford University Press, Chiang Hsun, China Youth Corps, East Asia, Tourism Bureau, University of California Press, West Mountain, World Bank, Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, China Journal, Environmental Protection Agency New!
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- Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China (Studies on China) by Susan Naquin on 4 pages
- Environmental Movements in Asia (Man and Nature, No. 4) by Arne Kalland on page 17, page 134, and Back Matter
- Man and the Natural World (Penguin Press History) by Keith Thomas on page 16, page 62, and Back Matter
- Realms of Freedom in Modern China (The Making of Modern Freedom) by William Kirby on page 103, page 135, and Back Matter
- Landscape And Memory by Simon Schama on page 16, page 61, and Back Matter
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- The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself by Lawrence E. Harrison in Back Matter
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- Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change by Lawrence E. Harrison in Index
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