| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Academia sinica on East Asia |
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Academia Sinica on East Asia.
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| Contents |
Listening to bamboo : the Chinese literati's attitude and behavior toward sounds of the nature in pre-modern era -- Livestock and the "industrious revolution" in Tokugawa Japan, 1603-1868 -- Water management and the legitimization of the Yongle reign, 1403-1424 : an approach of political ecology -- Media and the environment in treaty-port China : the "Woosung bar" controversy in the 1870s -- Disputes on the expansion project of Dahaizi reservoir, Xinjiang, China in 1950s -- Going green from industrial dream? : community-NGOs cooperation among indigenous communities in Hualien, Taiwan -- Pyroclastic rivers : the H©þei Fuji eruption (1707) -- Across the tama : bridges and roads, rivers and rocks |
| Summary |
"This book examines the local realities and environmental changes in East Asia, and is one of a few publications in English on the subject. Contributors apply rich historical material, maps and statistical data to reveal the local environmental realities infused by global perspectives. Part I deals with attitude toward nature, focusing on the soundscape conceived by traditional Chinese literati and on "industrious revolution" in Tokugawa Japan. Part II includes four case studies which respectively discuss the hydraulic management and political ecology in the Yongle reign (1403-1424), the "Woosung Bar" controversy in the 1870s, the expansion of Daihaizi Reservoir in Xinjiang in the 1950s, and interactions between the indigenous communities and NGOs in Hualien, Taiwan. Part III presents case studies of Japan dealing with natural disasters: volcano eruption, floods, and the human actions around Tokyo since the eighteenth century. These chapters and the insights they offer provide the reader with the most recent research on East Asian environmental history |
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Covering the geographical areas of Japan, North and Northwest China, the Lower Yangzi Delta and Taiwan, and the timeframe spanning the seventh century BC to the present day, the book will be of great interest to anyone studying the history of East Asia, environmental history or environmental studies."--Pub. desc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 25, 2015) |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- East Asia -- History
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Human ecology -- East Asia -- History -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Human ecology
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East Asia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Liu, Cuirong, 1941- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317443605 |
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1317443608 |
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9781315695655 |
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1315695650 |
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9781317443582 |
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1317443586 |
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9781317443599 |
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1317443594 |
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1138906158 |
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9781138906150 |
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9781138482548 |
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1138482544 |
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