The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China /

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This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, that allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elvin, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Human ecology > China > History.
Elephants > Migration > China.
Deforestation > China > History.
Environmental degradation > China > History.
Écologie humaine > Chine > Histoire.
Éléphants > Migration > Chine.
Déboisement > Chine > Histoire.
Environnement > Dégradation > Chine > Histoire.
Environnement > Chine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Deforestation
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Human ecology
Milieu.
Ecologie.
China > Environmental conditions.
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Landmarks and time-marks
  • Humans v. elephants : the three thousand years war
  • The great deforestation : an overview
  • The great deforestation : regions and species
  • War and the logic of short-term advantage
  • Water and the costs of system sustainability
  • Richness to riches : the story of Jiaxing
  • Chinese colonialism : Guizhou and the Miao
  • The riddle of longevity : why Zunhua?
  • Nature as revelation
  • Science and superfauna
  • Imperial dogma and personal perspectives.

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