The profits of nature colonial development and the quest for resources in nineteenth-century China
"In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by an unprecedented conjunction of natural disasters, internal rebellions, and foreign incursions. The imperial government responded to these calamities by introducing an array of new policies and instit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York
Columbia University Press
[2020]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Agriculture in an era of crisis
- Geography in a growing empire
- Reclaiming the land
- Promoting profitable crops
- Water in a fertile frontier
- Sericulture in a colonial borderland.