The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China - Peter B. Lavelle - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231194709 - March 3, 2020
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The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China

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Peter B. Lavelle uses the life and career of the statesman Zuo Zongtang as a lens to explore the environmental history of nineteenth-century China. 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.


304 pages, 15 images, 9 maps

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 3, 2020
ISBN13 9780231194709
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 304
Dimensions 237 × 162 × 22 mm   ·   566 g

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