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    The Retreat of the Elephants : An Environmental History of China (2004)
    London : Yale University Press
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    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
    RVK:
    AR 13962
    Keywords: Environmental degradation -- China -- History ; China ; Environmental conditions ; Deforestation ; China ; History ; Elephants ; Migration ; China ; Environmental degradation ; China ; History ; Human ecology ; China ; History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; China ; Umwelt ; Humanökologie ; 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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    The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China (2004)
    New Haven [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press
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    ISBN: 9780300119930 , 0300101112 , 0300119933
    Language: English
    Pages: XXVIII, 564 S. , Illustrationen , 24 cm
    Edition: 1.Auflage
    DDC: 304.20951
    RVK:
    RR 69977
    Keywords: Geschichte ; Human ecology History ; Environmental degradation History ; Umweltbelastung ; China Environmental conditions ; China ; China ; Umweltbelastung ; Geschichte
    Description / Table of Contents: Inhalt: Landmarks and time-marks -- Humans v. elephants : the three thousand years war -- The great deforestation : an overview -- The great deforestation : regions and species -- War and the logic of short-term advantage -- Water and the costs of system sustainability -- Richness to riches : the story of Jiaxing -- Chinese colonialism : Guizhou and the Miao -- The riddle of longevity : why Zunhua? -- Nature as revelation -- Science and superfauna -- Imperial dogma and personal perspectives
    Note: Ex. mit unterschiedlichen ISBNs , Angaben zum Inhalt: Won the Stanislas Julien prize sponsored by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris -- This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, which allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people toward their environment and their landscape. Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants that populated the country alongside much of its original wildlife; the destruction of most of the forests; the impact of war on the environmental transformation of the landscape; and the re-engineering of the countryside through water-control systems, some of gigantic size. He documents the histories of three contrasting localities within China to show how ecological dynamics defined the lives of the inhabitants. And he shows that China in the eighteenth century, on the eve of the modern era, was probably more environmentally degraded than northwestern Europe around this time. Indispensable for its new perspective on long-term Chinese history and its explanation of the roots of China’s present-day environmental crisis, this book opens a door into the Chinese past.
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    The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China (2004)
    New Haven : Yale University Press
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    ISBN: 9780300133530 , 0300133537
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xxviii, 564 p.) , ill., maps.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Retreat of the elephants
    DDC: 304.20951
    Keywords: Human ecology History ; China ; Elephants Migration ; China ; Deforestation History ; China ; Environmental degradation History ; China ; Écologie humaine Histoire ; Chine ; Éléphants Migration ; Chine ; Déboisement Histoire ; Chine ; Environnement Dégradation ; Histoire ; Chine ; Environnement Chine ; Human ecology History ; Elephants Migration ; Deforestation History ; Environmental degradation History ; Environmental degradation History ; Deforestation History ; Human ecology History ; Elephants Migration ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography ; HISTORY ; Asia ; China ; Deforestation ; Ecology ; Environmental degradation ; Human ecology ; Milieu ; Ecologie ; History ; China Environmental conditions ; China Environmental conditions ; China Environmental conditions ; China ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, that allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people towards their environment and their landscape. Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants that populated the country alongside much of its original wildlife; the destruction of most of the forests; the impact of war on the environmental transformation of the landscape; and the reengineering of the countryside through water-control systems, some of gigantic size. He documents the histories of three contrasting localities within China to show how ecological dynamics defined the lives of the inhabitants. And he shows that China in the eighteenth century, on the eve of the modern era, was probably more environmentally degraded than northwestern Europe around this time
    Description / Table of Contents: Landmarks and time-marksHumans v. elephants : the three thousand years war -- The great deforestation : an overview -- The great deforestation : regions and species -- War and the logic of short-term advantage -- Water and the costs of system sustainability -- Richness to riches : the story of Jiaxing -- Chinese colonialism : Guizhou and the Miao -- The riddle of longevity : why Zunhua? -- Nature as revelation -- Science and superfauna -- Imperial dogma and personal perspectives.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [530]-547) and index. - Description based on print version record
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