Land of Plants in Motion : : Japanese Botany and the World /

Land of Plants in Motion : : Japanese Botany and the World / / Thomas R. H. Havens; ed. by Kieko Matteson, Anand A. Yang.

Land of Plants in Motion is the first in any language to examine two companion stories: (1) the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant species, and (2) the growth of Japanese botanical sciences.The majority of plant species regarded a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Havens, Thomas R. H.,
HerausgeberIn:
Matteson, Kieko,
Yang, Anand A.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Perspectives on the Global Past
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 23 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. East Asia's Plants in Geological Time
  • 2. Plants in Early Modern Japan
  • 3. Seeking Japanese Plants in Europe and North America
  • 4. Foundations of Plant Biology in Modern Japan
  • 5. Plant Biology in Japan's Age of Empire
  • 6. Plant Biologists in an Era of Specialization
  • Notes
  • Sources Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author

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