{"product_id":"tigers-rice-silk-and-silt-robert-marks-9780521591775","title":"Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China","description":"Challenging the conventional wisdom of Western environmental historians, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, \"South of the Mountains\") from 1400 to 1850. Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land use patterns, the agro-ecology, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521591775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521591775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Robert Marks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44583715930367,"sku":"9780521591775","price":139.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4a35539-cb44-467a-92dc-160751a88945.jpg?v=1701883164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tigers-rice-silk-and-silt-robert-marks-9780521591775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}