LEADER 04988nam 2200829 450 001 9910792219103321 005 20231106233002.0 010 $a0-8122-9009-7 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812290097 035 $a(CKB)2560000000305145 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001335523 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12543346 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001335523 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11289469 035 $a(PQKB)10364713 035 $a(OCoLC)891846668 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35425 035 $a(DE-B1597)450995 035 $a(OCoLC)979754235 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812290097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442419 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10930615 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682668 035 $a(OCoLC)896838497 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442419 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000305145 100 $a20140923h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFood and environment in early and medieval China /$fE. N. Anderson 205 $a1st. ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (352 pages) 225 1 $aEncounters with Asia 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51386-4 311 0 $a0-8122-4638-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tUsage --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Prehistoric Origins Across Eurasia --$tChapter 2. China?s Early Agriculture --$tChapter 3. The Origins of Chinese Civilization --$tChapter 4. The Development of China?s Sustainability During Zhou and Han --$tChapter 5. Dynastic Consolidation Under Han --$tChapter 6. Foods from the West: Medieval China --$tChapter 7. The Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty --$tChapter 8. Shifting Grounds in Ming --$tChapter 9. Overview: Imperial China Managing Landscapes --$tAppendix I. Conservation Among China?s Neighbors --$tAppendix II. An Introduction to Central Asian Food --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aChinese food is one of the most recognizable and widely consumed cuisines in the world. Almost no town on earth is without a Chinese restaurant of some kind, and Chinese canned, frozen, and preserved foods are available in shops from Nairobi to Quito. But the particulars of Chinese cuisine vary widely from place to place as its major ingredients and techniques have been adapted to local agriculture and taste profiles. To trace the roots of Chinese foodways, one must look back to traditional food systems before the early days of globalization. Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China traces the development of the food systems that coincided with China's emergence as an empire. Before extensive trade and cultural exchange with Europe was established, Chinese farmers and agriculturalists developed systems that used resources in sustainable and efficient ways, permitting intensive and productive techniques to survive over millennia. Fields, gardens, semi-wild lands, managed forests, and specialized agricultural landscapes all became part of an integrated network that produced maximum nutrients with minimal input?though not without some environmental cost. E. N. Anderson examines premodern China's vast, active network of trade and contact, such as the routes from Central Asia to Eurasia and the slow introduction of Western foods and medicines under the Mongol Empire. Bringing together a number of new findings from archaeology, history, and field studies of environmental management, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China provides an updated picture of language relationships, cultural innovations, and intercultural exchanges. 410 0$aEncounters with Asia. 606 $aFood supply$zChina$xHistory 606 $aFood supply$xEnvironmental aspects$zChina$xHistory 606 $aAgricultural systems$zChina$xHistory 606 $aAgricultural systems$xEnvironmental aspects$zChina$xHistory 607 $aChina$xHistory$yYuan dynasty, 1260-1368 607 $aChina$xHistory$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644 610 $aAgriculture. 610 $aAsian Studies. 610 $aEcology. 610 $aEnvironmental Studies. 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aFood supply$xHistory. 615 0$aFood supply$xEnvironmental aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aAgricultural systems$xHistory. 615 0$aAgricultural systems$xEnvironmental aspects$xHistory. 676 $a338.1/9510902 700 $aAnderson$b E. N$g(Eugene Newton),$cJr.,$f1941-$01463692 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792219103321 996 $aFood and environment in early and medieval China$93868911 997 $aUNINA