Main entry:

Shapiro, Judith, 1953-

Title & Author:

Mao's war against nature : politics and the environment in Revolutionary China / Judith Shapiro.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Description:

xvii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Studies in environment and history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
Introduction -- Population, dams, and political repression: a story of two environmental disasters and the scientists who tried to avert them -- Deforestation, famine, and utopian urgency: how the Great Leap Forward mobilized the Chinese people to attack nature -- Grainfields in lakes and dogmatic uniformity: how "Learning from Dazhai" became an exercise in excess -- War preparations and forcible relocations: how factories polluted the mountains and youths "opened" the frontiers -- The legacy.

Summary:

"In clear and compelling prose, Judith Shapiro relates the great, untold story of China in the Mao years - the devastating impact of Maoist politics on China's environment. Under Mao, the traditional Chinese ideal of "Harmony between the Heavens and Humankind" was abrogated in favor of Mao's insistence that "Man Must Conquer Nature." Mao and the Chinese Communist Party's "war" to bend the physical world to human will often had disastrous consequences for both human beings and the natural environment. Mao's War Against Nature argues that the abuse of people and the abuse of nature are often linked."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521781507 (hbk.)
9780521781503 (hbk.)
0521786800 (pbk.)
9780521786805 (pbk.)

Subject:

China Zusammenstellung
Environmental policy China History 20th century.
Environmental degradation China History 20th century.
Communism history
Environment politics.
Environnement Politique gouvernementale Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Environnement Dégradation Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
15.75 history of Asia.
Environmental degradation.
Environmental policy.
Umweltpolitik
Geschichte
Milieubeleid.
Pollution Chine 20e siècle.
Politique de l'environnement Chine 20e siècle.
Développement économique Aspect de l'environnement Chine.
Nature Effets de l'homme Chine.
China.
Chine Environnement.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studies in environment and history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221061
Call No.: GE190.C6 S48 2001
Status: External loan