Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949 (Contemporary Chinese Studies) - Softcover

Zhang, Jiayan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824841042 ISBN 13: 9780824841041

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015

Synopsis

"First published in Canada by UBC Press."

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Review:

The environmental history of China is still a much under-studied area, and Zhang’s book is a very welcome and important contribution to the field. He has consulted an extensive array of sources and has also lived and worked on the land of this region, which gives him unique insight. His empathy for its people and his understanding of the impact of the environment on every level of their lives permeates the discussion, adding depth to the scholarship. (Laura Newby, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford)

Coping with Calamity is the first English-language book on the ecology, economy, and society of the Jianghan plain, one of the most important agricultural areas in late imperial and modern China. It is unique in interpreting rural economic and social institutions in modern China using an environmental approach. Zhang’s book is essential reading for students of rural China and modern Chinese history. (Huaiyin Li, author of Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008)

Book Description:

An original history of the flood-prone Jianghan plain and how its
volatile environment shaped the livelihoods of the peasants who worked
the land.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0824841042
• ISBN 13: 9780824841041
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304