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A world trimmed with fur : wild things, pristine places, and the natural fringes of Qing rule

Title: A world trimmed with fur : wild things, pristine places, and the natural fringes of Qing rule / Jonathan Schlesinger.
Author: Schlesinger, Jonathan
Publication: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.

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Description

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Summary

Based on three years of archival research, 'A World Trimmed with Fur' uses Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian records to rethink China's environmental history in the years 1760-1830, when a rush for natural resources transformed both China and its borderlands.

Subjects

China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
China > Kings and rulers > Social life and customs
Restoration ecology > Mongolia > History
Restoration ecology > China > Manchuria > History
Natural resources > Mongolia > History
Natural resources > China > Manchuria > History
Luxuries > China > History > 19th century
Luxuries > China > History > 18th century

Note

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

Specialized.

Source of Description (note)

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 31, 2017).

ISBN

9781503600683

OCLC

EDZ0001718787

Author

Schlesinger, Jonathan, author.

Title

A world trimmed with fur : wild things, pristine places, and the natural fringes of Qing rule / Jonathan Schlesinger.

Publisher

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Specialized.

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