Description: Sediments of Time : Environment and Society in Chinese History, Hardcover by Elvin, Mark (EDT); Liu, Tsui-Jung (EDT), ISBN 052156381X, ISBN-13 9780521563819, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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
Subject: Life Sciences / Ecology, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Asia / General
Item Height: 1.7 in
Publication Year: 1998
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 45.9 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Science, History
Author: Mark Elvin, Ts'ui-Jung Liu
Series: Studies in Environment and History Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
