{"product_id":"the-yellow-river-ruth-mostern-9780300238334","title":"The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA three-thousand-year history of China's Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No other scholar has produced such a systematic, comprehensive account of the long-term changes in the river's function and structure. I consider it to be the definitive work on the topic of the Yellow River to date.\"--Peter C. Perdue, author of \u003ci\u003eChina Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its watershed have both shaped and been shaped by human society. Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times disastrous, of ecological transformations that resulted from human decisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Mostern follows the Yellow River through three millennia of history, she underlines how governments consistently ignored the dynamic interrelationships of the river's varied ecosystems--grasslands, riparian forests, wetlands, and deserts--and the ecological and cultural impacts of their policies. With an interdisciplinary approach informed by archival research and GIS (geographical information system) records, this groundbreaking volume provides unique insight into patterns, transformations, and devastating ruptures throughout ecological history and offers profound conclusions about the way we continue to affect the natural systems upon which we depend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Mostern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300238339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300238334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022","brand":"Ruth Mostern","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045128368383,"sku":"9780300238334","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1ec6bc4-54dc-4fbd-9dd8-28a0927c1a98.jpg?v=1684976899","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yellow-river-ruth-mostern-9780300238334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}