China : an environmental history / / Robert B. Marks |
Autore | Marks Robert <1949-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 304.20951 |
Collana | World social change |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - China - History
Human geography - China - History Nature - Effect of human beings on - China - History Social change - Environmental aspects - China - History Environmental degradation - China - History Landscape changes - China - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4422-7789-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162795003321 |
Marks Robert <1949-> | ||
Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The retreat of the elephants [[electronic resource] ] : an environmental history of China / / Mark Elvin |
Autore | Elvin Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (593 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/0951 |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - China - History
Elephants - Migration - China Deforestation - China - History Environmental degradation - China - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-72302-9
9786611723026 0-300-13353-7 |
Classificazione | AR 13962 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- 1. Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2. Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3. The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4. The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5. War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6. Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- 7. Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8. Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9. The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- 10. Nature as Revelation -- 11. Science and Superfauna -- 12. Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452231603321 |
Elvin Mark | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China / / Mark Elvin |
Autore | Elvin Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (593 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.20951 |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - China - History
Environmental degradation - China - History Elephants - Migration - China Deforestation - China - History |
ISBN |
1-281-72302-9
9786611723026 0-300-13353-7 |
Classificazione | AR 13962 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- 1. Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2. Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3. The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4. The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5. War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6. Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- 7. Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8. Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9. The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- 10. Nature as Revelation -- 11. Science and Superfauna -- 12. Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777771203321 |
Elvin Mark | ||
New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2004] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China / / Mark Elvin |
Autore | Elvin Mark |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (593 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/0951 |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - China - History
Elephants - Migration - China Deforestation - China - History Environmental degradation - China - History |
ISBN |
1-281-72302-9
9786611723026 0-300-13353-7 |
Classificazione | AR 13962 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- 1. Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2. Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3. The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4. The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5. War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6. Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- 7. Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8. Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9. The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- 10. Nature as Revelation -- 11. Science and Superfauna -- 12. Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808058103321 |
Elvin Mark | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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