Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History by Mark Elvin (Eng

Description: Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History by Mark Elvin, Ts'ui-jung Liu The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history, this book crystallizes a new field of scholarship that studies the creation of distinct environments as a result of the interaction of human social systems with the natural world. Pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research, comparisons of China with the West and Japan, and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease. An indispensable book for those trying to understand the foundations of modern China or the origins of many of contemporary China's most daunting challenges. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history, this book crystallizes a new field of scholarship that studies the creation of distinct environments as a result of the interaction of human social systems with the natural world. Pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research, comparisons of China with the West and Japan, and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease. An indispensable book for those trying to understand the foundations of modern China or the origins of many of contemporary Chinas most daunting challenges. Table of Contents Preface; Introduction Mark Elvin; The context; Chinas environmental history in world persepective John McNeill; Interpreting the physical environment; Mans impact on the vegetation and landscape in the Inner Himalaya and Tibet Wolfgang Holzner and Monika Kriechbaum; The villagers view of environmental history in Yunnan province Nick Menzies; Human Seettlement; Environment versus water control Shiba Yshinobu; Han immigration and the settlement of Taiwan Liu Tsui-Jung; The Frontiers: Highlands and lowlands Anne Osborne; Population and ecology along the frontier in Qing China Eduard Vermeer; Water; Clear waters versus muddy waters Pierre-Etienne Will; Action at a distance Mark Elvin and Su Ninghu; Weather and Climate; It never used to snow Robert Marks; Changes in climate, land, and human efforts Li Bozhong; Diseases; Cholera in China, 1820-1930 Kerrie MacPherson; Environment and tuberculosis in modern China Zhang Yixia and Mark Elvin; Representations of the environment - the offical mind; From the Yellow River to the Huai Christian Lamouroux; Official thinking on environmental issues and the states environmental roles in eighteenth-century China Helen Dunstan; Representations of the environment - literary and popular sensibility; Ecologism versus moralism Paolo Santangelo; Water, love, and labour Antonia Finnane; The environment and early modern economic growth in Taiwan and Japan; Non-reclamation deforestation in Taiwan, circa 1600-1976 Chen Kuo-tung; Hydro-electricity and industrialization Tung An-chi; Environmental problems and perceptions in early industrial Japan Tessa Morris-Suzuki; Index. Review Sediments of Time is an important achievement, a comprehensive and competent treatise on a crucial aspect of Chinas past that has enormous implications for Chinas present and future. Journal of Asian Studies Sediments of Time is a pioneering effort in Chinese environmental history ... [it] is an important addition to the scholarship on Chinese history and will no doubt encourage more research. JOSA Review Quote "This volume firmly brings the study of environmental history to focus as an integral part of Chinese history. ...this book will stimulate a good deal of thought on the subject and inspire further work." Ruth I. Meserve, Journal of Asian History Promotional "Headline" This collection of essays is the first relatively comprehensive survey of the environmental history of China. Description for Bookstore The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history. Pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research, comparisons of China with the West and Japan, and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease. Description for Library The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history. Pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research, comparisons of China with the West and Japan, and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease. Details ISBN052156381X Short Title SEDIMENTS OF TIME Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Studies in Environment and History Language English ISBN-10 052156381X ISBN-13 9780521563819 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 333.709 Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-01-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Environment and Society in Chinese History Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Tsui-jung Liu Pages 846 Edition 0002nd Illustrations 24 Tables, unspecified; 2 Plates, color; 40 Maps; 29 Halftones, unspecified; 38 Line drawings, unspecified DOI 10.1604/9780521563819 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 1998-01-13 AU Release Date 1998-01-13 NZ Release Date 1998-01-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91370912;

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