Perspectives on Environmental History in East A, Muscolino, Liu Paperback..

Name: Perspectives on Environmental History in East A, Muscolino, Liu Paperback..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Perspectives on Environmental History in East AsiaChanges in the Land, Water and Air\nAuthor(s): Ts'ui-jung Liu, Micah Muscolino\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367681234, 978-0367681234\nSynopsis\nThis edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural science, war and the environment, imperial forestry, oceanic history, and the history of energy.\n\nChapters in this book supply an overview of environmental history as a rapidly expanding field, continuing to generate valuable insights into the mutually constitutive relationship between human societies and the biophysical environment. The book is divided into three parts: Part I consists of three chapters related to land use, while Part II includes five chapters that focus on water, a topic of perennial concern among environmental historians of East Asia, especially as it re.