基本信息

書名：羅伯特 福瓊——植物獵人

定價：139.00元

作者： 戴維弗格森

齣版社：安徽大學齣版社

齣版日期：2018-05-01

ISBN：9787566414519

字數：

頁碼：

版次：1

裝幀：平裝-膠訂

開本：16開

商品重量：0.4kg

編輯推薦

內容提要

本書為英文版，介紹瞭羅伯特福瓊的齣生、坎坷的成長經曆，以及受聘於東印度公司之後來到中國從事貿易活動的情況。羅伯特福瓊（RobertFortune，1812―1880），蘇格蘭植物學傢，曾先後四次來到遠東地區。在兩次戰爭期間，他來到中國沿海城市尋訪植物標本，到黃山和武夷山尋找好茶葉，並且希望打通中靠前陸的貿易之路。本書作者用近10年的時間走訪瞭中國浙江、江西、福建、上海、江蘇、天津等地，細緻調研瞭福瓊兩次戰爭期間在中國沿海地區采集的園藝植物標本、並將中國茶樹種植技術移植到印度的經曆。本書有著較高的學術價值，可供園藝愛好者、曆史學和漢學研究人員等閱讀，可促進西方學者更好地瞭解中國茶文化乃至近代中西文明的交融與衝突。本書圖文並茂，有很強的可讀性和園藝收藏價值。

目錄

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 From Childhood to Manhood in Scotland
1．1 The World at War
1．2 Life in the Scottish Borders
1．3 Employment in the Scottish Capital

Chapter 2 Early Professional Career
2．1 The Move to London
2．2 Preparing for the Trip to China

Chapter 3 FOrtune' s First Visit to China
3．1 Fortune's First Year in the Flowery Land
3．2 Fortune's Second Year in China： New People， Places and Experiences
3．3 A Short Trip to the Philippines
3．4 Back in China： Encounters with Mandarins， Locals and Pirates
3．5 The Results of Fortune's Forays in the Flowery Land

Chapter 4 Chelsea Interlude
4．1 Curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden
4．2 Preparing for Service in the East India Company

Chapter 5 In the Service of the East India Company
5．1 The Outward Journey
5．2 An Illegal Journey in Search of Green Tea
5．3 More Teas and Temples
5．4 A Secret Journey to the Black Tea District of Fujian
5．5 Preparing for India
5．6 Tour of Inspection in Northern India
5．7 Home for a Year
5．8 Searching for Tea in Troubled Times
5．9 A Jaunt with Friends
5．1 0A Visit to the Silk District
5．1 1Taking Leave of China
5．1 2Second Tour of Inspection in Northorn India

Chapter 6 Intermezzo： Moving Up in the World
6．1 Back to London
6．2 Working on the Book

Chapter 7 Working for the Americans
7．1 The History of Tea in the USA
7．2 Fortune Employed and Dismissed
7．3 Other Plants Introduced to the States by Fortune

Chapter 8 Two Trips to Japan
8．1 The Race for Japan' s Botanical Riches
8．2 Fortune Travels North
8．3 Fortune's Second Season in Japan

Chapter 9 A Final Farewell to China
9．1 En Route to the Chinese Capital
9．2 Excursions In and Around Beijing

Chapter 10 Out of the Limelight
10．1 Life in London
10．2 The Emergence of Modem Japan
10．3 China's Continuing Contentions
10．4 Prizing the Chinese Interior Open
10．5 Decline and Death
10．6 Fortune' s Personality

Chapter 11 Epilogue
Index to Place Names
Index to Persons， Firms and Vessels
Index to Plants and Animals
Illustration Credits

作者介紹

David K. Ferguson was born in New Zealand, but grew up in Scotland. He studied Geology at St. Andrews University and Plant Systematics at the University of Liverpool before going on to specialize in Palaeobotany at the State University of Utrecht. In the course of this work, he realized just how many Eastern Asiatic plants once grew in Europe. Between 1969 and 1980 he worked periodically with Lucien A. Lauener on Chinese plants at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. He first visited China in person in 1986, and has since fallen under the spell of this fascinating country. He currently collaborates with various Chinese universities and botanical/palaeobotanicalinstitutes.From1992 until 2010 he was Professor of Palaeobotany at the University of Vienna. During this time he developed the idea of writing a biography about Robert Fortune (1812-1880), one of the first professional plantsmen to introduce ornamental plants from the Far East into Europe. Since 2007 the author has travelled widely, visiting as many of Fortune's haunts as possible, in order to gain an insight into the plant hunter' s experiences.

文摘

序言