Fir and Empire : The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China
A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLERestores China's place in forest historyThe disappearance of China's naturally occurring forests is one of the most significant environmental shifts in the country's history, one often blamed on imperial demand for lumber. China's early modern forest history is typ...
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University of Washington Press
2020
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