The Resource The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China, Mark Elvin
The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China, Mark Elvin
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The item The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China, Mark Elvin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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, that allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people towards 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 reengineering 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 564 pages)
- Contents
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- Landmarks and time-marks
- Humans v. elephants : the three thousand years war
- The great deforestation : an overview
- The great deforestation : regions and species
- War and the logic of short-term advantage
- Water and the costs of system sustainability
- Richness to riches : the story of Jiaxing
- Chinese colonialism : Guizhou and the Miao
- The riddle of longevity : why Zunhua?
- Nature as revelation
- Science and superfauna
- Imperial dogma and personal perspectives
- Isbn
- 9780300133530
- Label
- The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China
- Title
- The retreat of the elephants
- Title remainder
- an environmental history of China
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Elvin
- Subject
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- China -- Environmental conditions
- Deforestation
- Deforestation -- China -- History
- Déboisement -- Chine -- Histoire
- Ecologie
- Ecology
- Electronic books
- Elephants -- Migration -- China
- Environmental degradation
- Environmental degradation -- China -- History
- Environnement -- Chine
- China
- HISTORY -- Asia | China
- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- China -- History
- Milieu
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
- Écologie humaine -- Chine -- Histoire
- Éléphants -- Migration -- Chine
- Environnement -- Dégradation -- Chine -- Histoire
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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, that allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people towards 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 reengineering 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
- Cataloging source
- COCUF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Elvin, Mark
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human ecology
- Elephants
- Deforestation
- Environmental degradation
- China
- Écologie humaine
- Éléphants
- Déboisement
- Environnement
- Environnement
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Deforestation
- Ecology
- Environmental degradation
- Human ecology
- China
- Milieu
- Ecologie
- Label
- The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China, Mark Elvin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-547) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Landmarks and time-marks -- Humans v. elephants : the three thousand years war -- The great deforestation : an overview -- The great deforestation : regions and species -- War and the logic of short-term advantage -- Water and the costs of system sustainability -- Richness to riches : the story of Jiaxing -- Chinese colonialism : Guizhou and the Miao -- The riddle of longevity : why Zunhua? -- Nature as revelation -- Science and superfauna -- Imperial dogma and personal perspectives
- Control code
- ocn182530663
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 564 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300133530
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt112592
- 95c41db5-99d8-4336-b678-3b6222d31724
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182530663
- Label
- The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China, Mark Elvin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-547) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Landmarks and time-marks -- Humans v. elephants : the three thousand years war -- The great deforestation : an overview -- The great deforestation : regions and species -- War and the logic of short-term advantage -- Water and the costs of system sustainability -- Richness to riches : the story of Jiaxing -- Chinese colonialism : Guizhou and the Miao -- The riddle of longevity : why Zunhua? -- Nature as revelation -- Science and superfauna -- Imperial dogma and personal perspectives
- Control code
- ocn182530663
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 564 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300133530
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt112592
- 95c41db5-99d8-4336-b678-3b6222d31724
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182530663
Subject
- China -- Environmental conditions
- Deforestation
- Deforestation -- China -- History
- Déboisement -- Chine -- Histoire
- Ecologie
- Ecology
- Electronic books
- Elephants -- Migration -- China
- Environmental degradation
- Environmental degradation -- China -- History
- Environnement -- Chine
- China
- HISTORY -- Asia | China
- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- China -- History
- Milieu
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
- Écologie humaine -- Chine -- Histoire
- Éléphants -- Migration -- Chine
- Environnement -- Dégradation -- Chine -- Histoire
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