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050	0	4	_aHC427 _b.P764 2020
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aLavelle, Peter B. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe profits of nature _bcolonial development and the quest for resources in nineteenth-century China _cPeter B. Lavelle
260			_aNew York _bColumbia University Press _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a1 and index
505	0	0	_aAgriculture in a Critical Age -- _tGeography in an Unbalanced Empire -- _tReclaiming the Land -- _tProfitable Crops -- _tWater in a Fertile Frontier -- _tSpreading Sericulture
520	0		_a"In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by an unprecedented conjunction of natural disasters, internal rebellions, and foreign incursions. The imperial government responded to these calamities by introducing an array of new policies and institutions to bolster its power across its massive territories. In the process, Qing officials launched campaigns for natural resource development, seeking to take advantage of the unexploited lands, waters, and minerals of the empire's vast hinterlands and borderlands. In this book, Peter B. Lavelle uses the life and career of Chinese statesman Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885) as a lens to explore the environmental history of this era. Although known for his pacification campaigns against internal rebellions, Zuo was at the forefront of the nineteenth-century quest for natural resources. Influenced by his knowledge of nature, geography, and technology, he created government bureaus and oversaw projects to improve agriculture, sericulture, and other industries in regions across the empire. His work forged new patterns of colonial development in the empire's vast northwest, including Xinjiang, at a time when imperial rivals were scrambling for resources around the globe. Weaving a narrative across the span of Zuo's lifetime, The Profits of Nature offers a new approach to understanding the dynamic relationship between imperial crisis, natural resources, and colonial development during a critical juncture in Chinese history, between the high tide of imperial power in the eighteenth century and the challenges of modern state-building in the twentieth century."-- _cProvided by publisher
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600	1	0	_aZuo, Zongtang, _d1812-1885.
650		0	_aEconomic development _zChina _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aNatural resources _xGovernment policy _zChina.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell