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sediments of time 2 part set
the first comprehensive survey of chinese environmental history this book crystallizes a new field of scholarship that studies the creation of distinct environments as a result of the interaction of human social systems with the natural world . pioneering essays explore new methodologies of historical environmental research comparisons of china with the west and japan and the impact of the early modern ecological transformation on the spread of disease . an indispensable book for those trying to understand the foundations of modern china or the origins of many of contemporary chinas most daunting challenges .
paperback cambridge university press 2010 isbn13 9780521135696 isbn10 0521135699
abridged n isbn 13 9780521135696 number in series 2 number of pages 872 publisher cambridge university press release date 62135769600000 series title studies in environment and history