Panda nation : the construction and conservation of China's modern icon /
Songster, E. Elena,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-234) and index.
Introduction -- Obscurity, oddity, and icon: the emergence of the giant panda as animal and image -- Nation building and the nature of Communist conservation -- The winding road to Wanglang: creating a panda reserve -- Pandas are red: the Cultural Revolutionary rise of the panda as brand and symbol -- Panda diplomacy: animal ambassadors and the wild population -- Rescuing the panda from a reforming China -- Coloring the panda with an ethnic touch: monitoring pandas and ecotourism -- Olympic pandas, Trojan pandas, and the science behind soft diplomacy -- Conclusion.
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