The Yellow River : a natural and unnatural history / Ruth Mostern ; maps and infographics with the a...
The Yellow River : a natural and unnatural history / Ruth Mostern ; maps and infographics with the a...
The Yellow River : a natural and unnatural history / Ruth Mostern ; maps and infographics with the assistance of Ryan M. Horne.
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Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/1977
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 326 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), tables, graphs, maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Graphics Style Reference Guide -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Seeing the Yellow River as a Whole -- 1 The Natural and Unnatural History of the Yellow River -- 2 Before It Was Yellow: The Great River from Neolithic through Medieval Times -- 3 Loess Is More: The Middle Period Tipping Point, 750-1...
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Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2021.
Series
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2021.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its watershed have both shaped and been shaped by human society. Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times d...
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Full title
The Yellow River : a natural and unnatural history / Ruth Mostern ; maps and infographics with the assistance of Ryan M. Horne.
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Notes
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Yale agrarian studies series
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index.
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©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/1977
Record Identifier
74VKaajy3bZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaajy3bZM
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ISBN
0300238339
9780300238334
DDC
951.1
MMS ID
991024424015802626
