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Auteur(s) : Muscolino, Micah S. (1977-....)
Titre(s) : The ecology of war in China [Texte imprimé] : Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938-1950 / Micah S. Muscolino,...
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Cambridge University Press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-294 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in environment and history
Lien à la collection : Studies in environment and history
Comprend : A militarized river : the 1938 Yellow River flood and its aftermath ; Stories of
survival : refugee migration and ecological adaptation ; Military metabolism and
the Henan famine of 1942-3 ; Against the flow : hydraulic instability and ecological
exhaustion ; The ecology of displacement : social and environmental effects of refugee
migration ; The land needs the people, the people need the land : beginnings of postconflict
recovery ; Reconstruction and revolution.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index
"This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a
hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction
and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War
II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist
armies under Chiang Kai-shek broke the Yellow River's dikes in Henan in June 1938,
resulting in devastating floods that persisted until after the war's end. Greater
catastrophe struck Henan in 1942-3, when famine took some two million lives and displaced
millions more. Focusing on these war-induced disasters and their aftermath, this book
conceptualizes the ecology of war in terms of energy flows through and between militaries,
societies, and environments. Ultimately, Micah Muscolino argues that efforts to procure
and exploit nature's energy in various forms shaped the choices of generals, the fates
of communities, and the trajectory of environmental change in North China"
Sujet(s) : Guerre sino-japonaise (1937-1945) -- Aspect environnemental -- Henan (Chine ; province)
Guerre sino-japonaise (1937-1945) -- Aspect environnemental -- Huang He (Chine ; cours d'eau)
Pollution -- Henan (Chine ; province) -- 1900-1945
Nature -- Effets de l'homme -- Henan (Chine ; province) -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107071568 (hardback). - ISBN 1107071569 (hardback). - ISBN 9781107417595
(paperback). - ISBN 1107417597 (paperback). - ISBN 1316191478 (electronic bk.). -
ISBN 9781316191477 (electronic bk.). - ISBN 1107785278. - ISBN 9781107785274
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44317085n
Notice n° :
FRBNF44317085
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