Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521563819)

The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history, this book crystallizes a new field of scholarship that studies the creation of distinct environments as a result of the interaction of human social systems with the natural world. Pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research, comparisons of China with the West and Japan, and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease. An indispensable book for those trying to understand the foundations of modern China or the origins of many of contemporary China's most daunting challenges.

Author: Mark Elvin, Ts'ui-Jung Liu
ISBN-10: 052156381X
ISBN-13: 9780521563819
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/13/1998
Pages: 846
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.89lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.35w x 1.75d