Discovering Nature

Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID19922975
AuthorsR P Weller (0000-0003-2897-3819, corresponding author)
Year2006
Publication date2006-02-16
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueDiscovering Nature (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511805257
OpenAlexW4240945622
Open LibraryOL7766090M
ISBN9780511805257
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited59

Robert P. 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. Indeed, both places can be said to have 'discovered' a new concept of nature. 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. In spite of a century of independent political development, 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

Appeal · Audience measurement · China · Development economics · Economics · Environmental ethics · Geography · Globalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · 20th century · Anthropology · Anthropology, cultural · Archaeology · Area · Asia - China · Conservation of the environment · Cultural · Culture and globalization · Environmental policy · Environmental protection · Regional Studies · Social conditions · Taiwan

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