Tigers, rice, silk, and silt [electronic resource] : environment and economy in late imperial south China / Robert B. Marks.
Series: Studies in environment and historyPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.Description: xix, 383 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 0521591775 (hb)
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China -- History
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- China -- History
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- China -- History
- China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
- Guangdong Sheng (China) -- Economic conditions
- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) -- Economic conditions
- 333.73/0951/2 21
- HC427.6 .M37 1997eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-370) and index.
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