Challenging the conventional wisdom of Western environmental historians, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, "South of the Mountains") from 1400 to 1850. Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land use patterns, the agro-ecology, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental...
Challenging the conventional wisdom of Western environmental historians, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental change...
Every year a person gets a solar return horoscope on his or her birthday that affects the next six months. However, it can be changed by being in a different location on that date, and Marks--a professional astrologer since 1971--shows how.
Every year a person gets a solar return horoscope on his or her birthday that affects the next six months. However, it can be changed by being in a di...
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The series also discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes are dedicated to selected topics which focus on new biotechnological products and new processes for their synthesis and purification.
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The series also discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes a...
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The series also discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes are dedicated to selected topics which focus on new biotechnological products and new processes for their synthesis and purification.
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The series also discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes a...
This study, first published in 1979, continues by examining the question of whether a competitive economy can efficiently allocate a stock of non-renewable natural resources through time. Long-run analyses of competitive economies with such resources have concluded that, without perfect foresight or a complete set of future markets extending infinitely far into the future, there is no economic mechanism to guarantee that the initial price is set so that the economy converges to the socially desirable path of balanced growth. This title will be of interest to students of environmental and...
This study, first published in 1979, continues by examining the question of whether a competitive economy can efficiently allocate a stock of non-r...
