The unending frontier an environmental history of the early modern world

The early modern world -- Climate and early modern world environmental history -- Pioneer settlement on Taiwan -- Internal frontiers and intensified land use in China -- Ecological strategies in Tokugawa Japan -- Landscape change and energy transformation in the British Isles -- Frontier settlement...

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1. Verfasser: Richards, John F. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. u.a. University of California Press 2003
Schriftenreihe:The California world history library 1
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Zusammenfassung:The early modern world -- Climate and early modern world environmental history -- Pioneer settlement on Taiwan -- Internal frontiers and intensified land use in China -- Ecological strategies in Tokugawa Japan -- Landscape change and energy transformation in the British Isles -- Frontier settlement in Russia -- Wildlife and livestock in South Africa -- The Columbian exchange : the West Indies -- Ranching, mining, and settlement frontiers in colonial Mexico -- Sugar and cattle in Portuguese Brazil -- Landscapes of sugar in the Antilles -- Furs and deerskins in eastern North America -- The hunt for furs in Siberia -- Cod and the new world fisheries -- Whales and walruses in the northern oceans.
The early modern world -- Climate and early modern world environmental history -- Pioneer settlement on Taiwan -- Internal frontiers and intensified land use in China -- Ecological strategies in Tokugawa Japan -- Landscape change and energy transformation in the British Isles -- Frontier settlement in Russia -- Wildlife and livestock in South Africa -- The Columbian exchange : the West Indies -- Ranching, mining, and settlement frontiers in colonial Mexico -- Sugar and cattle in Portuguese Brazil -- Landscapes of sugar in the Antilles -- Furs and deerskins in eastern North America -- The hunt for furs in Siberia -- Cod and the new world fisheries -- Whales and walruses in the northern oceans
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 623 - 659) and index
Beschreibung:XIV, 682 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:0520230752
0-520-23075-2