02900nam 2200601 450 991016279500332120160928095120.01-4422-7789-0(CKB)3710000001042524(MiAaPQ)EBC4791243(EXLCZ)99371000000104252420160927h20172017 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierChina an environmental history /Robert B. MarksSecond edition.Lanham :Rowman & Littlefield,[2017]©20171 online resource (469 pages) illustrations (some color), mapsWorld social change"First edition, 2012."1-4422-7788-2 1-4422-7787-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Problems and Perspectives -- China's Natural Environment and Early Human Settlement to 1000 BCE -- States, Wars, and Farms : Environmental Change in Ancient and Early Imperial China, 1000 BCE-300 CE -- Deforesting the North and Colonizing the South in the Middle Imperial Period, 300-1300 CE -- Empire and Environment : China's Borderlands, Islands, and Inner Peripheries in the Late Imperial Period, 1300-1800 CE -- Environmental Degradation in Modern China, 1800-1949 -- "Controlling" Nature in the People's Republic of China, 1949-Present -- Conclusion: China and Its Environment in World Historical Perspective."Now in an updated edition, this deeply informed and beautifully written book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment, Robert B. Marks traces changes in the physical and cultural world that is home to a quarter of humankind"--Provided by publisher.World social change.Human ecologyChinaHistoryHuman geographyChinaHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onChinaHistorySocial changeEnvironmental aspectsChinaHistoryEnvironmental degradationChinaHistoryLandscape changesChinaHistoryChinaEnvironmental conditionsElectronic books.Human ecologyHistory.Human geographyHistory.NatureEffect of human beings onHistory.Social changeEnvironmental aspectsHistory.Environmental degradationHistory.Landscape changesHistory.304.20951Marks Robert1949-1111322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162795003321China2891650UNINA