Food and environment in early and medieval China /
"Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China traces the development of the food systems that coincided with China's emergence as an empire. Before extensive trade and cultural exchange with Europe was established, Chinese farmers and agriculturalsits developed systems that used resour...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2014.
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Colección: | Encounters with Asia.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Prehistoric origins across Eurasia
- China's early agriculture
- The origins of Chinese civilization
- The development of China's sustainability during Zhou and Han
- Dynastic consolidation under Han
- Foods from the west: medieval China
- The Mongols and the Yuan dynasty
- Shifting grounds in Ming
- Overview: Imperial China managing landscapes
- Appendix I: Conservation among China's neighbors
- Appendix II: An introduction to Central Asian food.