Perspectives on environmental history in East Asia : changes in the land, water and air / edited by Ts'ui-jung Liu, Micah Muscolino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liu, Cuirong, editor.

Muscolino, Micah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--East Asia.

Ecology.

Environmental sciences--History.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2021]

Summary:

This edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural science, war and the environment, imperial forestry, oceanic history, and the history of energy.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of figures

List of photos

List of tables

List of contributors

Introduction: perspectives on environmental history in East Asia - changes in the land, water, and air

Part I Land use

1 The tale of treasure grass: sweet clover's introduction and extension in China, 1942-1961

2 Un-occupied spaces: demilitarization and land use in the Kanto Plain

3 Devastation and indigenous people in colonial forestry: representations of Taiwanese and Korean vegetation change in the Japanese empire

Part II Cropping and fishing

4 Irrigation and sequence in agricultural time in Shanxi since the Ming dynasty

5 The importance of local customs to fisheries in early modern Japanese fishing villages

6 Rationalizing the ocean: low-level radiation and salmon farming in the North Pacific

7 Vibrant matter(s): fish and fishing histories in North Korea

8 The EU food reference laboratory and its lessons for Taiwan and China

Part III Air quality and environmental risk

9 Lessons from the Sixth Naphtha Cracker Complex of Mailiao, Taiwan: environmental disputes and health risks

10 Energy saving practices and emissions reduction in coastal Southeast China and Taiwan

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-308174-6

1-003-08174-6

1-000-33391-4

9781003081746

OCLC:

1226564606