Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt by Robert Marks
Challenging the conventional wisdom conveyed by Western environmental historians about China, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi from 1400 to 1850, but also provides substantial background from 2CE on. Robert Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land-use patterns, the agro-ecology of the region, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications for ecological change; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges. This book is a significant contribution to both Chinese and environmental history. It is groundbreaking in its methods and in its findings.-
Mao's War against Nature
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Nature's Economy
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Ecological Imperialism
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Green Imperialism
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The Ends of the Earth
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The Bulldozer in the Countryside
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The Destruction of the Bison
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Tunguska
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Greyhound Nation
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Climate Change and the Course of Global History
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The Catch
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The Fisherman's Problem
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A Plague of Sheep
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Vietnam's Coal Frontier
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The American Steppes
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The Nature of Disaster in China
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Environment, Power, and Injustice
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Forests in Revolutionary France
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The Guts of the Matter
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The Green and the Brown
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Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt
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Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta
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Americans and their Forests
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Nature and the English Diaspora
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Humanity's Burden
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Pipe Dreams
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The Frigid Golden Age
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The Nature of the Ottoman City
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Empire of Timber
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Pemmican Empire
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Sediments of Time
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The Untilled Garden
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Evolutionary History
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Natural Disaster at the Closing of the Dutch Golden Age
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The Power of the Periphery
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Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World
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The Nature of Soviet Power
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The Danish Revolution, 1500-1800
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The Mountains of the Mediterranean World
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The Caribbean Slave
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Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber
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The Ecology of War in China
'This work is a breath of fresh air in terms of the approach that uses the interaction between environment and economy to examine historical change in LingnanWell researched, clearly written and strongly argued, it raises new questions and opens the possibility of further research into and comparisons with the history of environment and economy in other parts of imperial China.' The Journal of Peasant Studies
Marks, Robert B.: - ROBERT B. MARKS wears many hats, only one of which is a Stetson - he is a writer, editor, researcher, publisher, independent historian, and teacher. He has degrees in Mediaeval Studies, English Literature, and War Studies. He is the author of Diablo: Demonsbane, The EverQuest Companion, Garwulf's Corner, An Odyssey into Video Games and Pop Culture, and co-author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora. In his spare time, he has done everything from make mead to historical swordfighting to rockhounding. He lives in the area of Kingston, Ontario, with his wife and daughter.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521591775 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521591775 |
| Title | Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt |
| Author | Robert Marks |
| Series | Studies In Environment And History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 408 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |