The Qing Invention of Nature: Environment and Identity in Northeast China and Mongolia, 1750-1850
This dissertation studies the nexus of empire, environment, and market that defined Qing China in 1750-1850, when unprecedented commercial expansion and a rush for natural resources – including furs, pharmaceuticals, and precious minerals – transformed the ecology of China and its borderlands. That...
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Harvard University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10570 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9773744 |