LEADER 04456nam 22007452 450 001 9910780275103321 005 20230713234323.0 010 $a1-107-11431-4 010 $a0-511-11675-6 010 $a0-511-51199-X 010 $a1-280-15322-9 010 $a0-511-15066-0 010 $a0-511-32470-7 010 $a0-521-59177-5 010 $a0-511-05429-7 035 $a(CKB)111082128282690 035 $a(EBL)144738 035 $a(OCoLC)437072983 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259354 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215852 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259354 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10276575 035 $a(PQKB)10235612 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511511998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC144738 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL144738 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014914 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15322 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111082128282690 100 $a20090312d1997|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTigers, rice, silk, and silt $eenvironment and economy in late imperial south China /$fRobert B. Marks$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 383 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in environment and history 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-02776-4 311 $a0-511-00826-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 346-370) and index. 327 $aDynasties, 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. 330 $aChallenging the conventional wisdom conveyed by Western environmental historians about China, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi from 1400 to 1850, but also provides substantial background from 2CE on. Robert Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land-use patterns, the agro-ecology of the region, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications for ecological change; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges. This book is a significant contribution to both Chinese and environmental history. It is groundbreaking in its methods and in its findings. 410 0$aStudies in environment and history. 517 3 $aTigers, Rice, Silk, & Silt 606 $aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects$zChina$xHistory 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zChina$xHistory 606 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on$zChina$xHistory 607 $aGuangdong Sheng (China)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aChina$xHistory$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644 607 $aChina$xHistory$yQing dynasty, 1644-1912 615 0$aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on$xHistory. 676 $a333.73/0951/2 700 $aMarks$b Robert B.$f1949-$01503341 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780275103321 996 $aTigers, rice, silk, and silt$93731668 997 $aUNINA