Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt

Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 409
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ISBN-10 : 9781139425513
ISBN-13 : 113942551X
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Book Synopsis Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt by : Robert Marks

Download or read book Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt written by Robert Marks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-02-28 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging conventional Western wisdom, Marks examines the relationship between economic and environmental changes in the imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, 'South of the Mountains') from 1400 to 1850.


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