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The Buddha's footprint : an environmental history of Asia / Johan Elverskog.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elverskog, Johan, author.
- Series:
- Encounters with Asia.
- Encounters with Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Asia--History.
- Buddhism.
- Human ecology--Asia--History.
- Human ecology.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Asia--History.
- Nature.
- Environmental ethics--Asia--History.
- Environmental ethics.
- Asia--Civilization--Buddhist influences.
- Asia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "An environmental history of Buddhism. The book addresses the basic concerns of environmental history: the history of human thought about "nature" or "the environment"; the influence of environmental factors on human history; and the effect of human-caused environmental changes on human society"--.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. What the Buddha taught. 1. The Buddha
- 2, Buddhism(s)
- 3, Buddhists
- 4, Wealth
- 5, Consumption
- Part II. What Buddhists did. 6. The spread of Buddhism
- 7. The commodity frontier
- 8. Agricultural expansion
- 9. Urbanization
- 10. The Buddhist landscape
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812296709
- 0812296702
- OCLC:
- 1146238239
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