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Environmental History in East Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Academia Sinica on East Asia)

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As environmental history has developed as growing sub-discipline within the study of history, great emphasis has been placed on the importance of adopting an interdisciplinary approach. Indeed, as Environmental History in East Asia shows, by drawing on research and methodologies from the fields of science, technology, geography, geology and ecology, we are able to develop a much richer understanding of a region's history. This book provides a comprehensive examination of environmental history in East Asia, ranging temporally from the Ming dynasty to the 21st Century and spatially across China, Japan and Taiwan. Split into four parts, the chapters cover a wide range of fascinating topics, comparing environmental thought and policy in the East and West, the transformation of the landscape, land resource utilization and impact of agriculture and disasters and diseases across the region. A diverse selection of case studies are used to illustrate the chapters, including the role of Daoism, Qing pasturelands and 21st century swine flu. Truly interdisciplinary in approach, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Asian environmentalism, environmental history, Asian anthropology, Asian development studies and Asian history more generally.


  • | Author: Tsui-Jung Liu
  • | Publisher: Routledge
  • | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2016
  • | Number of Pages: 430 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback/History
  • | ISBN-10: 1138658049
  • | ISBN-13: 9781138658042
Author:
Tsui-Jung Liu
Publisher:
Routledge
Publication Date:
Mar 03, 2016
Number of pages:
430 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback/History
ISBN-10:
1138658049
ISBN-13:
9781138658042