The Retreat of the Elephants：An Environmental History of China

The Retreat of the Elephants：An Environmental History of China

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作者: Mark Elvin

出版社: Yale University Press

出版时间: 2004-03

ISBN: 9780300101119

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

From Scientific American

Who knew that elephant trunk tastes like piglet? Or that more than a millennium ago, a writer declared that Chinese "competed to eat their trunks, the taste of which is said to be fatty and crisp, and to be particularly well s List of Illustrations p. viii
Acknowledgments p. ix
Permissions p. xiii
Conventions p. xv
Introductory Remarks p. xvii
Patterns p. 1
Landmarks and Time-marks p. 3
Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War p. 9
The Great Deforestation: An Overview p. 19
The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species p. 40
War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage p. 86
Water and the Costs of System Sustainability p. 115
Particularities p. 165
Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing p. 167
Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao p. 216
The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? p. 273
Perceptions p. 319
Nature as Revelation p. 321
Science and Superfauna p. 369
Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives p. 413
Concluding Remarks p. 454
Notes p. 472
Bibliography p. 530
Index p. 548
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From Scientific American

Who knew that elephant trunk tastes like piglet? Or that more than a millennium ago, a writer declared that Chinese "competed to eat their trunks, the taste of which is said to be fatty and crisp, and to be particularly well s
目录:
List of Illustrations p. viii
Acknowledgments p. ix
Permissions p. xiii
Conventions p. xv
Introductory Remarks p. xvii
Patterns p. 1
Landmarks and Time-marks p. 3
Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War p. 9
The Great Deforestation: An Overview p. 19
The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species p. 40
War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage p. 86
Water and the Costs of System Sustainability p. 115
Particularities p. 165
Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing p. 167
Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao p. 216
The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? p. 273
Perceptions p. 319
Nature as Revelation p. 321
Science and Superfauna p. 369
Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives p. 413
Concluding Remarks p. 454
Notes p. 472
Bibliography p. 530
Index p. 548

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