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1 online resource (xix, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Studies in environment and history
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Studies in environment and history.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-370) and index. |
Contents |
Firs and pines a hundred spans round: the natural environment of Lingnan -- All deeply forested and wild places are not malarious: human settlement and ecological change, 2-1400 AD -- Agriculture is the foundation: economic recovery and development in the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 -- All the people have fled: war and the environment in the mid-17th century crisis, 1644-1683 -- Rich households compete to build ships: overseas trade and economic revival -- It never used to snow: climate change and agricultural productivity -- There is only a certain amount of grain produced: the role of the state in the food supply system -- Trade in rice is brisk: market integration and the environment -- Population increases daily, but the land does not: the story of land clearance in the 18th century -- People said that extinction was not possible: the ecological consequences of land clearance. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China -- History.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
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China. |
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History. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- China -- History.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- China -- History.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on. |
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Guangdong Sheng (China) -- Economic conditions.
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Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) -- Economic conditions.
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Kwangtung Province (China) -- Economic conditions. |
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Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China) -- Economic conditions. |
Chronological Term |
1368-1912 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Marks, Robert, 1949- Tigers, rice, silk, and silt. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 0521591775 (DLC) 96053322 (OCoLC)36122069 |
ISBN |
0511008260 (electronic book) |
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9780511008269 (electronic book) |
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0511039050 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511039058 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511116756 (electronic book) |
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9780511116759 (electronic book) |
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9780521591775 (hardback) |
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0521591775 (hardback) |
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