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China : its environment and history / Robert B. Marks.

By: Marks, Robert, 1949-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: World social change: Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-407) and index.Description: xxi, 438 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781442212756 (cloth : alk. paper); 1442212756 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781442212770 (electronic); 1442212772 (electronic).Subject(s): Human ecology -- China -- History | Human geography -- China -- History | Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- China -- History | Environmental degradation -- China -- History | China -- Environmental conditionsDDC classification: 304.20951
Contents:
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 -- China and its environment in world historical perspective.
Summary: Provides a comprehensive history of China from prehistory to the present focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment. Illuminates the chaos and paradox inherent in China's environmental narrative, demonstrating how historically sustainable practices can be ecologically unsound. Argues that all of humanity has a stake in China's environmental future.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-407) and index.

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 -- China and its environment in world historical perspective.

Provides a comprehensive history of China from prehistory to the present focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment. Illuminates the chaos and paradox inherent in China's environmental narrative, demonstrating how historically sustainable practices can be ecologically unsound. Argues that all of humanity has a stake in China's environmental future.

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