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The profits of nature : colonial development and the quest for resources in nineteenth-century China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lavelle, Peter B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Zuo, Zongtang, > 1812-1885.
Economic development > China > History > 19th century.
Natural resources > Government policy > China.
China > Economic policy > 19th century.
China > Politics and government > 19th century.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Agriculture in an era of crisis
  • Geography in a growing empire
  • Reclaiming the land
  • Promoting profitable crops
  • Water in a fertile frontier
  • Sericulture in a colonial borderland.