The Tiger and the Pangolin : : Nature, Culture, and Conservation in China / / Christopher Reed Coggins.
This original and wide-ranging work examines historical perceptions of nature in China and the relationship between insider and outsider, state and village, top-down conservation policy and community autonomy. After an introduction to the history of wildlife conservation and nature reserve managemen...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: A Short History of Nature Conservation in China
- PART I. The Southeast Uplands: People, Landscapes, and Wildlife
- 2. A Mountain Mosaic: Biological and Cultural Diversity
- 3. Lord of the Hundred Beasts: A History of Tigers and People in Southeast China
- PART II. The Tiger and the Pangolin: An Environmental History of the Plumflower Mountains
- 4. The Wealth of Mountains: Settlement, Subsistence, and Population Change in Meihuashan before 1949
- 5. Three Rises, Two Falls: Political Ecology and Socioeconomic Development in Meihuashan after 1949
- 6. Burning the Mountains: A Historical Landscape Ecology of the Meihuashan Ecosystem
- PART III. Contemporary Village Resource Management and Nature Conservation Strategies
- 7. Habitat Conservation in the Post-Reform Landscape
- 8. White Tigers and Azure Dragons: Fengshui Forests, Sacred Space, and the Preservation of Biodiversity in Village Landscapes
- 9. Eating from the Mountain: Hunting Traditions, the Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Management
- 10. Vital Connections: Linking Nature Conservation and Cultural Ecology in Southeast China and Beyond
- Appendix. Life Histories of the Five Major Wild Ungulates of the Southeast Uplands
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index