Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2017
- Category
- China, Regional Studies
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774832892
- Publish Date
- Feb 2017
- List Price
- $95.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774832922
- Publish Date
- Feb 2017
- List Price
- $34.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774832908
- Publish Date
- Feb 2018
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
For centuries, some of the world’s largest empires fought for sovereignty over the resources of Northeast Asia. This compelling analysis of the region’s environmental history examines the interplay of climate and competing imperial interests in a vibrant – and violent – cultural narrative. Families that settled this borderland reaped its riches while at the mercy of an unforgiving and hotly contested landscape. As China’s strength as a world leader continues to grow, this volume invites exploration of the indelible links between empire and environment – and shows how the geopolitical future of this global economic powerhouse is rooted in its past.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Norman Smith is a professor of history at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China’s Northeast and Resisting Manchukuo: Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation, which was awarded the Canadian Women’s Studies Association 2008 Book Prize.
Contributors: David A. Bello, Blaine Chiasson, Annika A. Culver, Loretta E. Kim, Diana Lary, Kathryn Meyer, Wang Ning, Norman Smith, Ronald Suleski, and Sun Xiaoping.
Editorial Reviews
Overall, Empire and Environment provides a rich array of scholarship that demonstrates the dynamic relationship between Manchuria’s natural environment and a variety of distinctive cultures and political regimes over time.
Pacific Affairs