China Voyager

China Voyager PDF

Author: William Joseph Haas

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9781563246753

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A biography of the scientist who spent 30 years in China as a Methodist educator, a Rockefeller official in Beijing, and as a biological researcher, exemplifies Sino-American interaction during the first half of the century. Haas (history, Fort Lewis College) surrounds his themes with the rich atmosphere of China during the period, detailing the interplay between religious and secular belief systems encountered by Gee in the educational institutions and in the culture. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Geographers

Geographers PDF

Author: Patrick H. Armstrong

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1474226906

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An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers and scholars. Each paper describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. Each study includes a select bibliography and brief chronology. The work includes a general index and a cumulative index of geographers listed in volumes published to date.

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