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Avoiding the dire straits : an inquiry into food provisions and scurvy in the maritime and military history of China and wider East Asia

Title
Avoiding the dire straits : an inquiry into food provisions and scurvy in the maritime and military history of China and wider East Asia / Mathieu Torck.
Author
Torck, Mathieu.
Publication
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2009.

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Description
vi, 280 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies. East Asian maritime history, 1860-1812 ; 5
Uniform Title
East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies. East Asian maritime history ; 5.
Subject
  • Scurvy > history
  • Food Supply > history
  • History, Early Modern 1451-1600
  • History, Modern 1601-
  • Military Personnel > history
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Scurvy > prevention & control
  • Food supply > China > History
  • Food supply > East Asia > History
  • Scurvy > China > History
  • Sailors > History. > China
  • Seeschifffahrt
  • Lebensmittelversorgung
  • Seemann
  • Skorbut
  • China
  • Asia, Eastern
  • China > History, Naval
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.
ISBN
  • 9783447058728
  • 3447058722
LCCN
2010286333
OCLC
  • 316003026
  • SCSB-14440456
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries