Mark Elvin: 3 books

Book cover of The Retreat of the Elephants

The Retreat of the Elephants

An Environmental History of China

by Professor Mark Elvin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008

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, which allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people...
Book cover of The World in the Year 1000
by : James Heitzman, Gerhard Jaritz, Heinz Grotzfeld
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2004

This volume is a collection of papers originally delivered by an international group of researchers at a conference organized in April 2000 by Dr. F. J. Brüggemeier and Dr. Wolfgang Schenkluhn. The World in the Year 1000 is organized in four thematic sections covering five world regions: Europe,...
Book cover of La Chine et l'ordre du monde
by Wang Chaohua, Zhan Yongle, He Qinglian
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2013

En Chine, la plupart des libéraux regardent les Chinois ordinaires avec bienveillance tant qu’ils contribuent au développement du marché en tant que consommateurs. Pour eux, le danger du nationalisme populaire est que les masses ne se contentent pas d’être trop critiques envers l’Ouest,...
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