1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715922903321

Autore

Kalkhoff Stephen J.

Titolo

Water quality of Corydon Reservoir before implementation of agricultural best-management practices in the basin, Wayne County, Iowa, September 1990 to September 1991 / / by Stephen J. Kalkhoff ; prepared in cooperation with Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Geological Survey Bureau), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, Iowa : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1993

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 36 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Water-resources investigations report ; ; 93-4099

Soggetti

Water quality - Iowa - Wayne County

Agricultural chemicals - Environmental aspects - Iowa - Wayne County

Agricultural chemicals - Environmental aspects

Water quality

Iowa Wayne County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781443203321

Autore

Brook Timothy <1951->

Titolo

The confusions of pleasure [[electronic resource] ] : commerce and culture in Ming China / / Timothy Brook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998

ISBN

1-283-32073-8

9786613320735

0-520-92407-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Disciplina

951/.026

Soggetti

HISTORY / Asia / General

China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

China Commerce History

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- A Ming Chronology -- A Genealogy of Ming Emperors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Seasons of the' Ming (1609) -- Dramatis Personae -- Winter: The First Century (1368-1450) -- Spring: The Middle Century (1450-1550) -- Summer: The Last Century (1550-1644) -- Fall: The Lord of Silver (1642-1644) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary and Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status.The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue durée in terms



of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.