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History China

Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria

edited by Norman Smith

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2017
Category
China, Regional Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774832892
    Publish Date
    Feb 2017
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774832922
    Publish Date
    Feb 2017
    List Price
    $34.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774832908
    Publish Date
    Feb 2018
    List Price
    $34.95

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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.

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