{"product_id":"natural-history-and-natural-resources-through-the-earth-sciences-in-modern-china-after-1900","title":"Natural History and Natural Resources through the Earth Sciences in Modern China after 1900","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNatural History and Natural Resources through the Earth Sciences in Modern China after 1900 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubject Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHistory, Economics and Finance, Science\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBIC Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003eHB, KC, JP \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBISAC Classification: \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHIS008000, SCI031000, POL011000\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Hardback, Paperback, eBook\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 03 Oct 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Hardback):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-80441-815-4 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (eBook):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-80441-816-1 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Paperback): \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-80441-817-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo view a sample of the book, please click \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:\" underline data-mce-style=\"text-decoration:\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ee-books available for libraries from \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProquest\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEBSCO\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith non-institutional availability from \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nGooglePlay\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor larger orders, or orders where you require an invoice, contact us  \u003cspan id=\"cloak8074a48c555b85c31ec4347354a45e96\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nadmin@ethicspress.com\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThis book provides an overview of major changes in mainland China since the start of the modern era in 1900, as leaders grappled with how to harness natural resources requiring equal development in the pure and applied sciences based on fundamentals in geology. \u003cbr\u003eOn one hand, China was put on the global stage with discovery of Peking Man fossils in the 1920s but has continued to win global acclaim for more recent discoveries of feathered dinosaurs and the earliest examples of metazoan life. At the same time, China struggled against outside exploitation to take full control of its own mineral and oil reserves -which today are increasingly imported from abroad to maintain oil and steel production through the Belt and Road initiative.\u003cbr\u003eThe book concludes with a a discussion of what the ‘Chinese Dream’ may mean in comparison to what many in the United States consider as a birthright with the ‘American Dream’. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiography\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor(s):\u003c\/span\u003e \n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarkes E. Johnson is the Charles L. 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Having spent a week in China myself, with my wife 20 years ago, this memoir pushed my own memory’s buttons, recalling that wonderful adventure.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Dr Alan Mazur (Syracuse University, New York State) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Johnson’s work draws parallels between the discoveries that were made by him and his Chinese colleagues and the early twentieth-century scientific exchange that brought about landmark paleontological finds like the Peking Man, making an argument for continued and sustained intellectual exchange. In this way, this book is clearly a success. The relationship between Johnson and his colleague Rong Jiayu has spanned decades and led to several joint publications. Johnson’s own love of China is clearly articulated on the page. For people interested broadly in the development of scientific networks, this book provides a firsthand look into how they worked and the benefits outside of just scientific work. 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