| Description |
1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Series |
Needham Research Institute Series |
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Needham Research Institute series.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Table of illustrations -- Conventions -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: bamboo -- tree or grass? -- Part 1 Bamboo: an anthropological and historical approach -- 1 Bamboo, man, landscape -- 2 Terminology and technology: identification, uses, names -- from naming to datation -- 3 Uses of bamboo according to its qualities -- 4 Bamboo as symbol -- 5 Bamboo and power -- Part 2 Bamboo iconography -- 6 Bamboo used as it is, after felling -- 7 Uses of bamboo tube -- 8 Use of split bamboo cut into lengths -- 9 Basket-making |
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10 The Gia Định Art School contribution -- Part 3 Contemporary bamboo -- 11 Bamboo at present -- Conclusion: what status for bamboo? -- Annexes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Bamboo -- Social aspects -- Vietnam
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Ethnobotany -- Vietnam
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Bamboo -- Social aspects.
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Ethnobotany.
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Manners and customs.
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| SUBJECT |
Vietnam -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Vietnam.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Poisson, Emmanuel
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| ISBN |
9781000987201 |
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1000987205 |
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