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Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China - Studies in Environment and History Marks, Robert (Whittier College, California)
Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China - Studies in Environment and History
Marks, Robert (Whittier College, California)
Challenging conventional Western wisdom, Marks examines the relationship between economic and environmental changes in the imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, 'South of the Mountains') from 1400 to 1850.
408 pages, 54 b/w illus. 17 maps 22 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 28, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521591775 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 408 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 244 × 27 mm · 711 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Crosby, Alfred W. |
| Series Editor | Worster, Donald |