...Zach Smith Panda Nation: The Construction and Conservation of China’s Modern Icon . By E. Elena Songster . New York : Oxford University Press , 2018 . 264 pp., $34.95 , hardback, ISBN 978-0-1993-9367-1 . © 2018 Agricultural History Society 2018 Book Reviews 635 Miles argues...

... of panda gifts and loans exacerbated local concern over declining panda numbers, which in turn helped power international relief efforts. Ultimately, Panda Nation is more concerned with filling a panda-shaped gap in the national narrative of China s ascendency than in fundamentally challenging the contours...

... with broader observations. Scholars interested in spatial and environmental history, diasporic history, economic history, and gender studies will find the work compelling. Brigid E. Vance Lawrence University Panda Nation: The Construction and Conservation of China s Modern Icon. By E. Elena Songster. New York...

... commercialized hives transplanted to American almond orchards to apiaries serving to conserve bamboo and protect Chinese pandas, Swan s stories from the field also reveal how solutions to global apicultural and agricultural challenges must accommodate local political, social, and cultural sensitivities...

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