Timber and forestry in Qing China : sustaining the market /

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"In the Qing period (1644-1912), China's population tripled, and the flurry of new development generated unprecedented demand for timber. Standard environmental histories have often depicted this as an era of reckless deforestation, akin to the resource misuse that devastated European fore...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhang, Meng (History professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Colección:Culture, place, and nature.
Temas:
1644-1912
Lumber trade > China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Timber > China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Deforestation > China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Sustainable development > China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Lumber trade
Deforestation
Qing Dynasty (China)
Sustainable development
Timber
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Measures and Related Terminology
  • Chronology of Later Dynasties and Qing Reign Periods
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Obtaining Timber for the Court
  • Chapter Two. The Interregional Timber Market
  • Chapter Three. Sustaining the Resources
  • Chapter Four. Merchants, Brokers, and Market Dynamics
  • Chapter Five. Trade Associations, "Contributions, " and Contract Enforcement
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Estimation of Timber Tax and Trade Volume at Longjiang Guan
  • Appendix B: Estimation of Timber Tax at Jiujiang Guan
  • Appendix C: A Methodological Note on Land Contract Analysis
  • Chinese Character Glossary

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