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Author Marks, Robert B., 1949-

Title Tigers, rice, silk, and silt : environment and economy in late imperial south China / Robert B. Marks.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in environment and history
Studies in environment and history.
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.
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Subject Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China -- History.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
China.
History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- China -- History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- China -- History.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
Guangdong Sheng (China) -- Economic conditions.
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) -- Economic conditions.
Kwangtung Province (China) -- Economic conditions.
Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China) -- Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1368-1912
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
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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9780521591775 (hardback)
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