| Description |
xvii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in environment and history |
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Studies in environment and history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Population, dams, and political repression: a story of two environmental disasters and the scientists who tried to avert them -- Deforestation, famine, and utopian urgency: how the Great Leap Forward mobilized the Chinese people to attack nature -- Grainfields in lakes and dogmatic uniformity: how "Learning from Dazhai" became an exercise in excess -- War preparations and forcible relocations: how factories polluted the mountains and youths "opened" the frontiers -- The legacy. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Environmental degradation -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0521781507 hardback |
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9780521781503 hardback |
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0521786800 paperback |
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9780521786805 paperback |
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