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Auteur:	Lavelle, Peter B.
Titel:	Profits of Nature Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Uitgever:	Columbia University Press
ISBN:	9780231194709
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 79.75
Verschijningsdatum:	03-03-2020
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Colonialism & imperialism
Geillustreerd:	15 images, 9 maps

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Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	304
Hoogte mm.:	162
Breedte mm.:	237
Dikte mm.:	22
Gewicht gr.:	566

 

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Peter B. Lavelle uses the life and career of the statesman Zuo Zongtang as a lens to explore the environmental history of nineteenth-century China. The Profits of Nature offers a new approach to understanding the dynamic relationship between imperial crisis, natural resources, and colonial development during a critical juncture in Chinese history.