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The ecology of war in China : Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938-1950
- Title
- The ecology of war in China : Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938-1950 / Micah S. Muscolino.
- Author
- Muscolino, Micah S., 1977-
- Publication
- New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- xiii, 294 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist armies under Chiang Kai-shek broke the Yellow River's dikes in Henan in June 1938, resulting in devastating floods that persisted until after the war's end. Greater catastrophe struck Henan in 1942-3, when famine took some two million lives and displaced millions more. Focusing on these war-induced disasters and their aftermath, this book conceptualizes the ecology of war in terms of energy flows through and between militaries, societies, and environments. Ultimately, Micah Muscolino argues that efforts to procure and exploit nature's energy in various forms shaped the choices of generals, the fates of communities, and the trajectory of environmental change in North China"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in environment and history
- Uniform Title
- Studies in environment and history.
- Subject
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Environmental aspects > China > Henan Sheng
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Environmental aspects > China > Yellow River
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Refugees
- Environmental degradation > China > Henan Sheng > History > 20th century
- Nature > Effect of human beings on > History > China > Henan Sheng > 20th century
- Henan Sheng (China) > History, Military > 20th century
- Henan Sheng (China) > Environmental conditions
- Yellow River (China) > History, Military > 20th century
- Yellow River (China) > Environmental conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A militarized river : the 1938 Yellow River flood and its aftermath -- Stories of survival : refugee migration and ecological adaptation -- Military metabolism and the Henan famine of 1942-3 -- Against the flow : hydraulic instability and ecological exhaustion -- The ecology of displacement : social and environmental effects of refugee migration -- The land needs the people, the people need the land : beginnings of postconflict recovery -- Reconstruction and revolution.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-492
- ISBN
- 9781107071568
- 1107071569
- 9781107417595 (paperback)
- 1107417597 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2014027966
- OCLC
- 894557470
- Author
- Muscolino, Micah S., 1977- author.
- Title
- The ecology of war in China : Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938-1950 / Micah S. Muscolino.
- Publisher
- New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in environment and historyStudies in environment and history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-492