The ecology of war in China Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938 - 1950
"This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan'...
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Cambridge Univ. Press
2015
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Studies in environment and history
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| Schlagworte: |
Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1938-1950
> HISTORY / Asia / General
> Geschichte
> Umwelt
> Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
> Environmental aspects
> Refugees
> Environmental degradation
> History
> Nature
> Effect of human beings on
> Überschwemmung
> Hungersnot
> Ökologie
> Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg
> Asien
> Henan Sheng (China)
> History, Military
> Environmental conditions
> Yellow River (China)
> Henan
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist armies under Chiang Kai-shek broke the Yellow River's dikes in Henan in June 1938, resulting in devastating floods that persisted until after the war's end. Greater catastrophe struck Henan in 1942-3, when famine took some two million lives and displaced millions more. Focusing on these war-induced disasters and their aftermath, this book conceptualizes the ecology of war in terms of energy flows through and between militaries, societies, and environments. Ultimately, Micah Muscolino argues that efforts to procure and exploit nature's energy in various forms shaped the choices of generals, the fates of communities, and the trajectory of environmental change in North China".. |
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| Beschreibung: | XIII, 294 S. Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9781107417595 978-1-107-41759-5 9781107071568 978-1-107-07156-8 |