Research Catalog

Title

A world trimmed with fur : wild things, pristine places, and the natural fringes of Qing rule / Jonathan Schlesinger.

Author

Schlesinger, Jonathan

Publication

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.

Details

Description

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Summary

Based on three years of archival research, 'A World Trimmed with Fur' uses Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian records to rethink China's environmental history in the years 1760-1830, when a rush for natural resources transformed both China and its borderlands.

Subject

• Luxuries > China > History > 18th century
• Luxuries > China > History > 19th century
• Natural resources > China > Manchuria > History
• Natural resources > Mongolia > History
• Restoration ecology > China > Manchuria > History
• Restoration ecology > Mongolia > History
• China > Kings and rulers > Social life and customs
• China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

Note

• Previously issued in print: 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

• Specialized.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 31, 2017).

ISBN

9781503600683

OCLC

EDZ0001718787

Author

Schlesinger, Jonathan, author.

Title

A world trimmed with fur : wild things, pristine places, and the natural fringes of Qing rule / Jonathan Schlesinger.

Publisher

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Specialized.

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