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Mueggler, Erik, 1962-

The paper road : archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet / Erik Mueggler. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xiv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The eyes of others -- Farmers and kings -- The paper road -- The golden mountain gate -- pt. 2. Bodies real and virtual -- Lost worlds -- The mountain -- Adventurers -- The book of the Earth.

ISBN: 9780520269026 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520269020 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520269033 (paper : alk. paper) 0520269039 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011017740

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015820716 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Forrest, George, 1873-1932 --Travel.
Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962 --Travel.
Forrest, George (Biologe)
Rock, Joseph Francis Charles.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1906-1924.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Botany--Fieldwork--History--China--Yunnan Sheng--20th century.
Botany--Fieldwork--History--China--Gansu Sheng--20th century.
Botany--Fieldwork--History--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--20th century.
Botanists--Scotland--Biography.
Botanists--United States--Biography.
Botanik.
Forschungsreise.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Yunnan Sheng (China)--Description and travel.
Gansu Sheng (China)--Description and travel.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Description and travel.
China (Südwest)
Nakhi.

LC Class. No.: QK355 / .M83 2011

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QK355 / .M83 2011