Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market

by Meng Zhang

Book Overview

Winner of the 2022 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award for best book on forest and conservation history, sponsored by the Forest History Society

Honorable Mention for the 2022 ISCLH First Biennial Book Prize, sponsored by the International Society for Chinese Law and History

Traces the sourcing of logs that fueled early modern urbanization

In the Qing period (1644-1912), China's population tripled, and the flurry of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295748877
• ISBN13: 9780295748870
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"