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The Retreat of the Elephants : An Environmental History of China.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (593 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300133530
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Retreat of the ElephantsDDC classification:
  • 304.20951
LOC classification:
  • GF656.E48 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- Patterns -- 1 Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2 Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3 The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4 The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5 War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6 Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- Particularities -- 7 Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8 Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9 The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- Perceptions -- 10 Nature as Revelation -- 11 Science and Superfauna -- 12 Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- Patterns -- 1 Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2 Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3 The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4 The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5 War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6 Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- Particularities -- 7 Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8 Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9 The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- Perceptions -- 10 Nature as Revelation -- 11 Science and Superfauna -- 12 Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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