Ecology of War in China - Henan Province, the Yellow River, and Beyond, 1938-1950

Informationen zum Autor Micah Muscolino is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oxford. Klappentext This book explores the interplay between war and the environment in Henan Province from 1938-50. Zusammenfassung This book explores the interplay between war and the environment in Henan Province! a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan that raged during World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. A militarized river: the 1938 Yellow River flood and its aftermath; 2. Stories of survival: refugee migration and ecological adaptation; 3. Military metabolism and the Henan famine of 1942-3; 4. Against the flow: hydraulic instability and ecological exhaustion; 5. The ecology of displacement: social and environmental effects of refugee migration; 6. The land needs the people, the people need the land: beginnings of postconflict recovery; 7. Reconstruction and revolution; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Micah Muscolino, Micah S. Muscolino
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2016
• EAN: 9781107417595
• ISBN: 978-1-107-41759-5
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Studies in Environment and History; Studies in Environment and His; Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; China, HISTORY / Asia / General, military history, Social & cultural history, The environment, c 1950 to c 1959, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, Black & Asian Studies, War and defence operations