Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt
Subtitle: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China (Studies in Environment and History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780521027762
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Natural Resources; History; Sociology; History: World; China; Human Geography; Renaissance; Economic development--Environmental aspects--; Economic development--Environmental aspects--China--History; History / Renaissance; History-Renaissance; Nature-Natural Resources; Social Science / Human Geography
First sentence: To begin this study with a chapter subtitled "the natural environment" followed by one on "human settlement" presents something of a false dichotomy between nature on the one hand and people on the other, for as ecologists have insisted, human beings are a part of a broader ecosystem.