Yellow River - A Natural and Unnatural History

Tracing three thousand years of the human relationship with water and soil throughout the Yellow River basin and the consequences, at times disastrous, of the resulting ecological transformations, Ruth Mostern provides insight into patterns, transformations, and devastating ruptures throughout ecological history and offers profound conclusions about the way we continue to affect the natural systems upon which we depend.

About the author

Ruth Mostern is associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is also director of the World History Center.

Summary

A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Mostern, Mostern Ruth
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780300238334
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23833-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; China, NATURE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, HISTORY / Asia / China, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, Asian History, Human Geography, Limnology (inland waters), The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Limnology (Freshwater)