Unearthing the nation [electronic resource] : modern geology and nationalism in republican China / Grace Yen Shen.

Introduction : science, nation, and Chinese modernity
The lay of the land : territoriality, foreign exploration, and modern geology in Qing China
A host of nations : cosmopolitanism and the geological society of China
The Nanjing decade : geological expansion and the state
Resistance and reconstruction : emergence of a domestic community
Conclusion : grounded visions.