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.
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.
List of maps, figures, and tables Dynasties, Qing dynasty Emperors' reign dates, and weights and measures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. 'Firs and pines a hundred spans round': the natural environment of Lingnan 2. 'All deeply forested and wild places are not malarious': human settlement and ecological change in Lingnan, 2-1400 CE 3. 'Agriculture is the foundation': economic recovery and development of Lingnan during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 4. 'All the people have fled': war and the environment in the mid-seventeenth century crisis, 1644-83 5. 'Rich households compete to build ships': overseas trade and economic recovery 6. 'It never used to snow': climate change and agricultural productivity 7. 'There is only a certain amount of grain produced': granaries and the role of the state in the food supply system 8. 'Trade in rice is brisk:' market integration and the environment 9. 'Population increases daily, but the land does not': land clearance in the eighteenth century 10. 'People said that extinction was not possible': the ecological consequences of land clearance Conclusion Bibliography Index.
List of maps, figures, and tables Dynasties, Qing dynasty Emperors' reign dates, and weights and measures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. 'Firs and pines a hundred spans round': the natural environment of Lingnan 2. 'All deeply forested and wild places are not malarious': human settlement and ecological change in Lingnan, 2-1400 CE 3. 'Agriculture is the foundation': economic recovery and development of Lingnan during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 4. 'All the people have fled': war and the environment in the mid-seventeenth century crisis, 1644-83 5. 'Rich households compete to build ships': overseas trade and economic recovery 6. 'It never used to snow': climate change and agricultural productivity 7. 'There is only a certain amount of grain produced': granaries and the role of the state in the food supply system 8. 'Trade in rice is brisk:' market integration and the environment 9. 'Population increases daily, but the land does not': land clearance in the eighteenth century 10. 'People said that extinction was not possible': the ecological consequences of land clearance Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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