China: Its Environment and History

by Robert Marks

Book Overview

This deeply informed and beautifully written book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment, Robert B. Marks traces changes in the physical and cultural world that is home to a quarter of humankind. Through both word and image, this work illuminates the chaos and paradox inherent in China's environmental narrative, demonstrating how historically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442212756
• ISBN13: 9781442212756
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"