"Environmental degradation China History." . . "samfund" . . "Umwelt China Geschichte." . . "Elefantes China Migración." . . "Ecología humana China Historia." . . "HISTORY Asia China." . . "naturen" . . "Ecologia humana." . . "Milieubescherming. Milieutechnologie." . . "Entwaldung China Geschichte." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Human Geography." . . "Migració d'animals." . . "Elefants Migració Xina." . . "Geschichte." . . "Geschichte" . "Humanökologie China Geschichte." . . "Environnement Dégradation Histoire Chine." . . "Environnement Dégradation Chine Histoire." . . "Geschiedenis van Azië." . . "Deforestation History China." . . "Humanökologie China." . . "Milieu." . . "naturforhold" . . "Elephants Migration China." . . "Història." . . "Déboisement Chine Histoire." . . "Elefants Xina Història." . . . . "Xina" . . "Xina." . "Deforestation China History." . . "Medi ambient Degradació Xina Història." . . "Ecologia humana Xina Història." . . "Nature Effets de l'homme Chine Histoire." . . "Human ecology History China." . . "Kina" . . "miljø" . . "Déboisement Histoire Chine." . . "Écologie humaine Histoire Chine." . . "Écologie humaine Chine Histoire." . . "Geschichte (Zeit)" . . "Éléphants Migration Chine." . . "miljøproblemer" . . "historie" . . "Desboscament." . . "Desforestació Xina Història." . . "Medio ambiente China." . . "Elefants." . . "China." . . "China" . "Environnement Chine." . . "Ecologie." . . "Environmental degradation History China." . . "Humanökologie." . . "Human ecology China History." . . "environnement - dégradation Chine (république populaire)" . . "Umwelt." . . "Umweltbelastung." . . . . "The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China"@en . "The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China" . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, that allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people towards their environment and their landscape. Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants that populated the country alongside much of its original wildlife; the destruction of most of the forests; the impact of war on the environmental transformation of the landscape; and the reengineering of the countryside through water-control systems, some of gigantic size. He documents the histories of three contrasting localities within China to show how ecological dynamics defined the lives of the inhabitants. And he shows that China in the eighteenth century, on the eve of the modern era, was probably more environmentally degraded than northwestern Europe around this time."@en . . . . "The Retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China" . . . . . . . . . "The retreat of the elephants an environmental history of China" . "The retreat of the elephants an environmental history of China"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Geschiedenis (vorm)" . . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Degradació del medi ambient." . .