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The Retreat of the Elephants, An Environmental History of China
by Mark Elvin
- NATURAL HISTORY
- 2006
- PAPER
- 564 PAGES
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A comprehensive history of environmental change and its impact upon Chinese culture and politics. Mark Elvin has written prolifically on China, and in this book he focuses on the damage done to China's environment through war, modernization and technological developments, including a farming method which drove the elephant out of its natural habitat. Elvin draws on diverse literature to trace changes over the course of 3,000 years.
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