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Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History - Studies in Environment and History Elvin, Mark (Australian National University, Canberra)
Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History - Studies in Environment and History
Elvin, Mark (Australian National University, Canberra)
The first comprehensive survey of Chinese environmental history. 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.
846 pages, 67 b/w illus. 2 colour illus. 40 maps 24 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 13, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521563819 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 846 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 236 × 48 mm · 1.31 kg |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Crosby, Alfred W. |
| Series Editor | Worster, Donald |