Fishing Wars and Environmental Change in Late Imperial and Modern China

by Micah S. Muscolino

Among the environmental challenges facing us is alleviating the damage to marine ecosystems caused by pollution and overfishing. Coming to grips with contemporary problems, this book argues, depends on understanding how people have historically generated, perceived, and responded to environmental change. This work explores interactions between society and environment in China's most important marine fishery, the Zhoushan Archipelago off the coast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035984
• ISBN13: 9780674035980
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"