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The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China Peter B. Lavelle
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Peter B. Lavelle
Peter B. Lavelle uses the life and career of the statesman Zuo Zongtang as a lens to explore the environmental history of nineteenth-century China. The Profits of Nature offers a new approach to understanding the dynamic relationship between imperial crisis, natural resources, and colonial development during a critical juncture in Chinese history.
304 pages, 15 images, 9 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 3, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231194709 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 22 mm · 566 g |