Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt

Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt
Author: Robert Marks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 1998-02-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 113942551X

Challenging conventional Western wisdom, Marks examines the relationship between economic and environmental changes in the imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, 'South of the Mountains') from 1400 to 1850.

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 1865
Genre:
ISBN:

A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.

The Science of Society

The Science of Society
Author: William Graham Sumner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1927
Genre: Sociology
ISBN:

Vols. 1-3 paged continuously. Vol. 4 by W.G. Sumner, A.G. Keller, and M.R. Davie."Published under the auspices of the Sumner Club on the foundation established in memory of Philip Hamilton McMillan of the class of 1894, Yale College." "Bibliographical note": v. 4, p. [1193]-1268.

Railways in China

Railways in China
Author: Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1864
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: