04449nam 2200757 a 450 991081334670332120200520144314.01-107-11431-40-511-11675-60-511-51199-X1-280-15322-90-511-15066-00-511-32470-70-521-59177-50-511-05429-7(CKB)111082128282690(EBL)144738(OCoLC)437072983(SSID)ssj0000259354(PQKBManifestationID)11215852(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259354(PQKBWorkID)10276575(PQKB)10235612(UkCbUP)CR9780511511998(MiAaPQ)EBC144738(Au-PeEL)EBL144738(CaPaEBR)ebr10014914(CaONFJC)MIL15322(EXLCZ)9911108212828269019961210d1997 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTigers, rice, silk, and silt environment and economy in late imperial south China /Robert B. Marks1st ed.Cambridge [England] ;New York Cambridge University Press19971 online resource (xix, 383 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Studies in environment and historyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-02776-4 0-511-00826-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-370) and index.Dynasties, Qing Dynasty Emperors' Reign Dates, and Weights and Measures -- 1. "Firs and Pines a Hundred Spans Round": The Natural Environment of Lingnan -- 2. "All Deeply Forested and Wild Places Are Not Malarious": Human Settlement and Ecological Change in Lingnan, 2-1400 CE -- 3. "Agriculture Is the Foundation": Economic Recovery and Development of Lingnan during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 -- 4. "All the People Have Fled": War and the Environment in the Mid-Seventeenth-Century Crisis, 1644-83 -- 5. "Rich Households Compete to Build Ships": Overseas Trade and Economic Recovery -- 6. "It Never Used to Snow": Climatic Change and Agricultural Productivity -- 7. "There Is Only a Certain Amount of Grain Produced": Granaries and the Role of the State in the Food Supply System -- 8. "Trade in Rice Is Brisk": Market Integration and the Environment -- 9. "Population Increases Daily, but the Land Does Not": Land Clearance in the Eighteenth Century -- 10. "People Said that Extinction Was Not Possible": The Ecological Consequences of Land Clearance.Challenging the conventional wisdom conveyed by Western environmental historians about China, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi from 1400 to 1850, but also provides substantial background from 2CE on. Robert Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land-use patterns, the agro-ecology of the region, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications for ecological change; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges. This book is a significant contribution to both Chinese and environmental history. It is groundbreaking in its methods and in its findings.Studies in environment and history.Economic developmentEnvironmental aspectsChinaHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onChinaHistoryHuman beingsEffect of environment onChinaHistoryGuangdong Sheng (China)Economic conditionsGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)Economic conditionsChinaHistoryMing dynasty, 1368-1644ChinaHistoryQing dynasty, 1644-1912Economic developmentEnvironmental aspectsHistory.NatureEffect of human beings onHistory.Human beingsEffect of environment onHistory.333.73/0951/2Marks Robert1949-1111322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813346703321Tigers, rice, silk, and silt4184976UNINA