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The Retreat of the Elephants - An Environmental History of China (Paperback)
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The Retreat of the Elephants - An Environmental History of China (Paperback)
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This landmark account of China's environmental history, written by
an internationally pre-eminent China specialist, "should stand for
decades to come as a unique statement on motives, processes,
perceptions and consequences of environmental change in China."
(Jennifer L. Mnookin, American Scientist) 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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