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F. H. King
KEY FEATURE(S) First published in 1926, this classic survey examines the traditional farming methods of the densely populated lands of China, Korea and Japan and shows how fertility can be maintained over many centuries through conserving and utilising natural resources.
Markets: Conservation, East Asian History.
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Conrad Totman
YALE UNIVERSITY
KEY FEATURE(S) This is the first study of its kind to trace the history of what was to become one of Japan's major resources and a model of conservation and forestry management.
Central to the planning of the Meiji reformers was securing the long-term financial stability of the Imperial household that would not leave it exposed to the whims of future political and economic ch... |
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VOLUME 1: The Pastoral Economy and the Environment
Humphrey, C. and Sneath, D. (Eds)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Pastoralism has shaped the steppe environment and been the basis of the indigenous economy of the grasslands of Inner Asia for more than two thousand years, but increasingly vast areas of steppeland a... |
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VOLUME 2: Society and Culture
Humphrey, C. and Sneath, D. (Eds)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Complementing Volume 1 The Pastoral Economy and the Environment, Volume 2 examines the great social change experienced throughout the region following the demise of the Soviet Union, the adve... |
