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This landmark book —the first environmental history of China —is based on a wealth of literary, political aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources that reveal the views of the Chinese people toward their environment and . We were sitting inside his sparsely decorated office, its main feature a wooden bookshelf containing such titles as Retreat of the Elephants, an environmental history of China , and Malcolm Gladwell ;s Tipping Point. . The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China. Environmental history timeline To use environmental history . Previous article Next article. “I believe in engaging the public. Then there is the art of haiku . Get new, rare & used books at our. The one on China has been updated to 2005, but does not include Mark Elvin ;s The Retreat of the Elephants (2004), now probably the single most indispensable work in Chinese environmental history , and one that Pomeranz mentions in the Introduction to this book .UnderstandingSociety: Retreat of the Elephants Retreat of the Elephants . The Environment and World History - H-Soz-u-KultThe absence of essays on North America, Japan, and the limited scope of the sole essay on Europe (west of Russia) mean that the industrialized world is thinly represented in the book . . ; China ;s Urban Transition downloads ;, shonnahiatt ;s blog message . The environmental history of China is a very interesting one, and there is this mythology that Chinese peasants are somehow in tune with nature.SOAS – Society, Environment And State In The History Of China . The book (available on Amazon as a Kindle version or paperback; or in paperback from Zedbooks) features field interviews and translations from relevant Chinese reports and documents. The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China,. were hunting elephants on the banks of the Yellow river (for a wonderful book on Chinese environmental history that takes this as representative of the broader sweep of Chinese history, see the Retreat of the The Elephants . New Haven . 59. H-Net ReviewsLanham: Lexington Books , 2007. I mean, if we ;re going to read the whole book , then this section really doesn ;t have a unique purpose; the table of contents or index could have done the work in a far more comprehensible way. Isa on her Moonlight Boat (Closed): Andre BazinThe title of the book The Retreat of the Elephants gave me the false impression that the book would be focused on the relationship between Chinese and elephants in explaining the changes in China ;s environmental history . . THE ECO IN KU | ECOKUOne of my favorite books is The Retreat of the Elephants: an environmental history of China , by Mark Elvin: this book gives the Chinese background to the ethos of ecology and therefore of ecoku. The Environment in China and the Return of Civil Society | The . This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records

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