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• catalog abstract ""Challenging the conventional wisdom conveyed by Western environmental historians about China, this book examines the relationships between economic and environmental changes in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, "South of the Mountains") in imperial China, focusing on the period from 1400 to 1850, but also providing substantial background from 2 CE on. Robert Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land use patterns, the agroecology 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."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b10726608.
• catalog coverage "China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.".
• catalog coverage "China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.".
• catalog coverage "Guangdong Sheng (China) Economic conditions.".
• catalog coverage "Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) Economic conditions.".
• catalog created "1998.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
• catalog description ""Challenging the conventional wisdom conveyed by Western environmental historians about China, this book examines the relationships between economic and environmental changes in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, "South of the Mountains") in imperial China, focusing on the period from 1400 to 1850, but also providing substantial background from 2 CE on. Robert Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land use patterns, the agroecology 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."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Dynasties, Qing Dynasty Emperors' Reign Dates, and Weights and Measures -- 1. "Firs and Pines a Hundred Spans Round": The Natural Environment of Lingnan -- 2. "All Deeply Forested and Wild Places Are Not Malarious": Human Settlement and Ecological Change in Lingnan, 2-1400 CE -- 3. "Agriculture Is the Foundation": Economic Recovery and Development of Lingnan during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 -- 4. "All the People Have Fled": War and the Environment in the Mid-Seventeenth-Century Crisis, 1644-83 -- 5. "Rich Households Compete to Build Ships": Overseas Trade and Economic Recovery -- 6. "It Never Used to Snow": Climatic Change and Agricultural Productivity -- 7. "There Is Only a Certain Amount of Grain Produced": Granaries and the Role of the State in the Food Supply System -- 8. "Trade in Rice Is Brisk": Market Integration and the Environment -- 9. "Population Increases Daily, but the Land Does Not": Land Clearance in the Eighteenth Century -- 10. "People Said that Extinction Was Not Possible": The Ecological Consequences of Land Clearance.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-370) and index.".
• catalog extent "xix, 383 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0521591775 (hb)".
• catalog identifier "9780521591775 (hb)".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in environment and history".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1998.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog spatial "China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.".
• catalog spatial "China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.".
• catalog spatial "China".
• catalog spatial "Guangdong Sheng (China) Economic conditions.".
• catalog spatial "Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) Economic conditions.".
• catalog subject "333.73/0951/2 21".
• catalog subject "Economic development Environmental aspects China History.".
• catalog subject "HC427.6 .M37 1997".
• catalog subject "Human beings Effect of environment on China History.".
• catalog subject "Nature Effect of human beings on China History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Dynasties, Qing Dynasty Emperors' Reign Dates, and Weights and Measures -- 1. "Firs and Pines a Hundred Spans Round": The Natural Environment of Lingnan -- 2. "All Deeply Forested and Wild Places Are Not Malarious": Human Settlement and Ecological Change in Lingnan, 2-1400 CE -- 3. "Agriculture Is the Foundation": Economic Recovery and Development of Lingnan during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 -- 4. "All the People Have Fled": War and the Environment in the Mid-Seventeenth-Century Crisis, 1644-83 -- 5. "Rich Households Compete to Build Ships": Overseas Trade and Economic Recovery -- 6. "It Never Used to Snow": Climatic Change and Agricultural Productivity -- 7. "There Is Only a Certain Amount of Grain Produced": Granaries and the Role of the State in the Food Supply System -- 8. "Trade in Rice Is Brisk": Market Integration and the Environment -- 9. "Population Increases Daily, but the Land Does Not": Land Clearance in the Eighteenth Century -- 10. "People Said that Extinction Was Not Possible": The Ecological Consequences of Land Clearance.".
• catalog title "Tigers, rice, silk, and silt : environment and economy in late imperial south China / Robert B. Marks.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".