Title:
The way of the panda : the curious history of China's political animal
Author:
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 319 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781605981888
Abstract:
Chronicles the scientific discovery, conservation, and current understandings of giant pandas to trace their story and reveal how the species reflects changing attitudes toward the natural world and contributes to China's rise to a super-power.
Contents:
A most excellent black-and-white bear -- Skin and bones -- Game on -- Live action -- Communist goods -- The face of conservation -- Sexual politics -- Life after death -- Presidential pandas -- Born free -- Captive subjects -- Into the future.
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Language:
English
