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The agricultural civilization of ancient China / Yaomin He.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- He, Yaomin, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Zhongguo gu dai nong ye wen ming. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--China--History.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--China--History.
- Agriculture and state--China--History.
- Agriculture and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 156 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer ; [China] : China Renmin University Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- Translated from Chinese.
- Contents:
- I. The birth of traditional agriculture: the choice between man and nature
- Natural conditions for agricultural development
- Natural environment of agricultural development
- Social conditions for agricultural development
- Interaction between natural environment and economic life II. Characteristics and advantages of traditional agricultural economy
- Characteristics of traditional agriculture
- Establishment of Chinese traditional agriculture
- Brilliant agricultural civilization
- Developed agricultural Empire
- III. Traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system
- Traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system
- Development of traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system
- Development of traditional agricultural planting knowledge and technology
- Improvement of rotation multiple cropping and intercropping interplanting
- IV. Flexible land relations and ownership structure
- Land relations in traditional agriculture
- Small peasant economy and its land ownership
- Tenancy system and its economic relations
- Land ownership structure and its changes
- V. Huge irrigation system and water conservancy project
- Water control activities in traditional society
- Northern dryland agricultural water conservancy irrigation project
- Rice farming water conservancy project in South China
- Famous water conservancy project
- VI. Complete agricultural policies and measure
- Policies and principles of agriculture first
- The first national project in the world
- Strong natural economic structure
- VII. Unstoppable agricultural expansion
- The first traditional agricultural expansion process
- The second traditional agricultural expansion process
- The third traditional agricultural expansion process
- VIII. Advocating the value pursuit of Agriculture
- The ideological and cultural interest of advocating agriculture
- Rich agricultural works and ideas
- Perfect portrayal of agricultural production and life: farming and weaving ma
- IX. Dilemma and decline of traditional agriculture
- Development limit of traditional agriculture
- Reasons for the decline of traditional agriculture. .
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 25, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9789811984693
- 9811984697
- Publisher Number:
- 99992942066
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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