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245 14 a| The king's harvest :b| a political ecology of China from the first farmers to the first empire /c| Brian Lander.;

264 1 a| New Haven :b| Yale University Press,c| [2021];

300 a| xiv, 300 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm.;

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490 1 a| Yale Agrarian Studies Series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-287) and index.;

505 0 a| Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General Chronology -- Chronology of the Zhou Era -- Introduction -- 1. The Nature of Political Power -- 2. Seeds of Life: How People Came to Build Their Own Ecosystems -- 3. Herding People: The Rise of Political Organizations in China -- 4. The Power in the West: A History of the State of Qin -- 5. Watching Over the Granaries: The Ecology of the Qin Empire -- 6. A Hundred Generations: How China's Empires Shaped Their Environments -- Epilogue: States of the Anthropocene -- Notes -- Bibliography;

520 8 a| This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China's early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China's agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based on their ability to exploit the labor and resources of those who harnessed photosynthetic energy from domesticated plants and animals. Focusing on the state of Qin, Lander amalgamates abundant new scientific, archaeological, and excavated documentary sources to argue that the human domination of the central Yellow River region, and the rest of the planet, was made possible by the development of complex political structures that managed and expanded agroecosystems.;

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The king's harvest : a political ecology of China from the first farmers to the first empire / Brian Lander.

Author/creator	Lander, Brian author.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date	©2021
Description	xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Political ecology--China. --History. Agriculture and state--China. --History. Agriculture and politics--China. --History. China--Politics and government. --To 221 B.C. China--History.

Series	Yale Agrarian Studies Series Yale agrarian studies. ^A303919
Contents	Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General Chronology -- Chronology of the Zhou Era -- Introduction -- 1. The Nature of Political Power -- 2. Seeds of Life: How People Came to Build Their Own Ecosystems -- 3. Herding People: The Rise of Political Organizations in China -- 4. The Power in the West: A History of the State of Qin -- 5. Watching Over the Granaries: The Ecology of the Qin Empire -- 6. A Hundred Generations: How China's Empires Shaped Their Environments -- Epilogue: States of the Anthropocene -- Notes -- Bibliography
Summary	This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China's early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China's agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based on their ability to exploit the labor and resources of those who harnessed photosynthetic energy from domesticated plants and animals. Focusing on the state of Qin, Lander amalgamates abundant new scientific, archaeological, and excavated documentary sources to argue that the human domination of the central Yellow River region, and the rest of the planet, was made possible by the development of complex political structures that managed and expanded agroecosystems.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-287) and index.
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	9780300255089 hardcover
ISBN	030025508X hardcover

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