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Coping with Calamity : Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zhang, Jiayan, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver [British Columbia] : UBC Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Changes in the Environment of the Jianghan Plain
  • Water Calamities and the Management of the Dike Systems
  • The Dike Systems and the Jianghan Economy
  • Agriculture, Commercialization, and Environmental Adaptability
  • Tenancy and Environment
  • Fisheries and the Peasant Economy
  • A Water-Rich Society: Socio-Economic Life in a Marshy Kingdom
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Yield of Rice in the Jianghan Plain in the Qing and the Republic
  • Glossary.