| Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China Contributor(s): Marks, Robert (Author), Worster, Donald (Editor), Crosby, Alfred W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521027764 ISBN-13: 9780521027762 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Challenging the conventional wisdom of Western environmental historians, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, "South of the Mountains") from 1400 to 1850. Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land use patterns, the agro-ecology, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - History | Europe - Renaissance - Nature | Natural Resources |
| Dewey: 333.730 |
| Series: Studies in Environment and History |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.25 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging the conventional wisdom of Western environmental historians, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, South of the Mountains) from 1400 to 1850. Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land use patterns, the agro-ecology, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges. |