Sökning: "Yunnan"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Yunnan.

  1. 1. Spectral Jade : Materiality, Conceptualisation, and Value in the Myanmar-China Jadeite Trade

    Författare :Henrik Möller; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; jade; china; Yunnan; Ruili; Myanmar; Kachin; borderland; Ethnicity; trade; Craft; markets; guanxi; masculinity; Materiality; ontology; Conceptual; nonhuman; Holism; analogism; Taoism; Nationalism; authenticity; Spirituality; Value; morality; ethnography; narratives;

    Sammanfattning : Hosting a cultural history of 8.000 years in China, jade has seen a revival in China’s current era. Jadeite is the most expensive type of jade, and the vast majority of jadeite is mined in Myanmar’s Kachin State and sold in China.Spectral Jade is a study of trade, carving, and use of jadeite. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The braincase of Youngolepis, a Lower Devonian crossopterygian from Yunnan, south-western China

    Författare :Mee-mann Chang; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Fiskar; Paleozoologi;

    Sammanfattning : The endocranium and skull roof of Youngolepis, a Lower Devonian crossopterygian from south-western China, is described based on some 40 specimens of which one was investigated by serial grinding. In cranial structure Youngolepis Chang et Yu, 1981, shows affinity to Powichthys Jessen, 1975, from the Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Changing reproductive patterns in rural China : the influence of policy and gender

    Författare :Petra Löfstedt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Age at first marriage; birth intervals; abortion; sex ratio at birth; contraceptive use; family planning programs; economic reforms; gender; Yunnan;

    Sammanfattning : Background: In 1949, at the time for the foundation of the People's Republic of China, PRC, China had a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 5-6 children per woman, and it remained at that level throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In the beginning of the 1970s, the problems of rapid population growth began to receive serious attention and family planning programs were implemented. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A Grammar of Lalo

    Författare :Susanna Björverud; Kinesiska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; minority languages; Philology; descriptive linguistics; Sino-Tibetan; Tibeto-Burman; Lolo-Burmese; Burmese-Lolo; Central Yipho; Burmese-Yipho; Western Yi; Lalo; Språkvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis is a descriptive reference grammar of the present-day Lalo language as spoken in Longjie township in Yunnan province of Southwestern China. It constitutes a presentation of empirical data collected during field work in Longjie township, and includes as survey of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and secondary sexual character evolution of diving beetles, focusing on the genus Acilius

    Författare :Johannes Bergsten; Anders N. Nilsson; Jyrki Muona; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; antagonistic coevolution; arms race; sexual conflict; diving beetle; Dytiscidae; Coleoptera; taxon sampling; long-branch attraction; parsimony; Bayesian analysis; taxonomic revision; Biologi; Biology; Biologi;

    Sammanfattning : Sexual conflict can lead to antagonistic coevolution between the sexes, but empirical examples are few. In this thesis secondary sexual characters in diving beetles are interpreted in the light of sexual conflict theory. LÄS MER