Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt : Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China
by
Robert Marks
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Environment and History
ISBN-10
0521027764
ISBN-13
9780521027762
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 2nd, 2006
Print length
408 Pages
Weight
628 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 23.40 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
c 1500 onwards to present dayAsian historyAsian history
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Challenging conventional Western wisdom, Marks examines the relationship between economic and environmental changes in the imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, 'South of the Mountains') from 1400 to 1850.
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.
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