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Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2004. First edition. Softcover. near fine. Near fine condition. Covers have a touch of wear at the tips. Softcover. First edition. 564 pp (with bibliography and index). A history of the environmental changes in China over thousands of years, due to the Chinese style of agriculture, war, and advances in infrastructure. The author contrasts Chinese localities to show how ecological decline affected the inhabitants.
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The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China Paperback - 2006
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Indispensable for its new perspective on long-term Chinese history and its explanation of the roots of China's present-day environmental crisis, this landmark book opens a door into the Chinese past.
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- Title The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China
- Author Mark Elvin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven and London
- Date September 21, 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780300119930 / 0300119933
- Weight 1.73 lbs (0.78 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.82 x 1.58 in (20.88 x 14.78 x 4.01 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects China - Environmental conditions, Human ecology - China - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.209
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