ISBN:
9780300133530
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (593 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Retreat of the Elephants : An Environmental History of China
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Elvin, Mark, 1938 - The retreat of the elephants
DDC:
304.2/0951
Keywords:
Environmental degradation -- China -- History
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China ; Environmental conditions
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Deforestation ; China ; History
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Elephants ; Migration ; China
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Environmental degradation ; China ; History
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Human ecology ; China ; History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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China
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Umwelt
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Humanökologie
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Geschichte
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- Patterns -- 1 Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2 Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3 The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4 The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5 War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6 Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- Particularities -- 7 Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8 Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9 The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- Perceptions -- 10 Nature as Revelation -- 11 Science and Superfauna -- 12 Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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