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The Shan: Culture, Art and Crafts, by Susan Conway
The Shan: Culture, Art and Crafts offers a richly detailed exploration of the culture, art, and trad..
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Goullart arrived in Lijiang in 1939 as a representative of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and l..
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Princes of the Black Bone, by Peter Goullart
Peter Goullart explores Tachienlu, The Great Cold Mountain (Da Liangshan) and Sichang (Xichang) area..
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China's Hand-built Air Bases, Original Article from NGS, by W. Robert Moore
The National Geographic Magazine, August, 1945, Volume LXXXVIII, Number Two. Included in this i..
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Peoples of the Golden Triangle, by Paul and Elaine Lewis
Peoples of the Golden Triangle stands as one of the most comprehensive and visually compelling studi..
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How to Make the Universe Right: the Art of the Shaman from Vietnam and Southern China, by Trian Nguyen
This is a catalogue for an exhibition of Yao Ceremonial Painting held at Bates College Museum of Art..
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Traditional Textiles of Cambodia: Cultural Threads and Material Heritage, by Gillian Green
The silks and costumes of Cambodia are among the most beautiful and complex in Southeast Asia. Gilli..
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Pictorial Cambodian Textiles, by Gillian Green
The pictorial representation of Cambodian silk hangings, pidan, are unique in mainland Southeast Asi..
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Biodiversity in Southwest China and Tibet
Southwest China—especially Yunnan, Sichuan, and the eastern Tibetan Plateau—is among the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots. Its deep valleys, high mountains, and varied climates nurture extraordinary plant and animal life, much of it unknown to the West until the early twentieth century. This natural wealth drew pioneering explorers such as George Forrest, Frank Kingdon Ward, Reginald Farrer, Joseph F. Rock, and Heinrich Handel-Mazzetti, who collected rhododendrons, primulas, lilies, and the famed blue poppy. Ernest Henry Wilson introduced many species to Western gardens. Even Theodore Roosevelt’s sons joined a 1929 expedition that brought the first panda specimen to the United States, sparking widespread fascination.
