| Sediments of Time 2 Part Paperback Set: Environment and Society in Chinese History Contributor(s): Elvin, Mark (Author), Liu, Ts'ui-Jung (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521135699 ISBN-13: 9780521135696 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 Annotation: This collection of essays is the first relatively comprehensive survey of the environmental history of China. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Nature | Natural Resources - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 304.280 |
| Series: Studies in Environment and History |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (2.85 lbs) 840 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history, this book crystallizes a new field of scholarship that studies the creation of distinct environments as a result of the interaction of human social systems with the natural world. Pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research, comparisons of China with the West and Japan, and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease. An indispensable book for those trying to understand the foundations of modern China or the origins of many of contemporary China's most daunting challenges. |