Pre-industrial Korea and Japan in Environmental Perspective / / Conrad Totman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450111103321
• Autore: Totman Conrad
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-46524-7; 9786610465248; 1-4237-1240-4; 90-474-0284-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Collana: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan ; ; 11
• Disciplina: 304.2/09519
• Soggetti: Agriculture - Japan - History; Agriculture - Korea - History; Human ecology - Japan - History; Human ecology - Korea - History; Electronic books.; Japan Environmental conditions; Korea Environmental conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; Chapter One: Paleogeography and Pre-Agricultural Society (to 1000 BCE); Chapter Two: The Rise of Early Agrarian Regimes (1000 BCE-700 CE); Chapter Three: The Early Agricultural Order (700-1350 CE); Chapter Four: The Later Agricultural Order (1350-1870 CE); Epilogue; Glossary; List of Plant and Animal Names; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; Index; Plates
• Sommario/riassunto: Quoting from a reader's report "this is an original and compelling synthesis of the environmental history of Korea and Japan." Taking the history of Japan and Korea and their environmental interactions from late Pleistocene down to about 1870 AD, the author makes a convincing case for viewing the two countries together, as a history, particularly when looking at their pre-industrial experiences. Drawing ; from a rare combination of knowledge of both countries, Conrad Totman reveals the extent of shared timing, substance, and dynamics in the political, social, and economic development of the two countries, and in their relationship to the ecosystem. With extensive bibliography, chronology, glossary, maps and graphs.A real must.