Description: Sediments of Time : Environment and Society in Chinese History, Hardcover by Elvin, Mark (EDT); Liu, Tsui-Jung (EDT), ISBN 052156381X, ISBN-13 9780521563819, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK 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 indispensabl for those trying to understand the foundations of modern China or the origins of many of contemporary China's most daunting challenges.
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Book Title: Sediments of Time : Environment and Society in Chinese History
Number of Pages: 846 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, History
Item Height: 237 mm
Item Weight: 1300 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Ts'ui-Jung Liu, Mark Elvin
Series: Studies in Environment and History
Item Width: 160 mm
Format: Hardcover
