China : its environment and history / by Marks, Robert, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Problems and perspectives -- China's natural environment and early human settlement to 1000 BCE -- States, wars, and farms: environmental change in ancient and early imperial China, 1000 BCE-300 CE -- Deforesting the north and colonizing the south in the middle imperial period, 300-1300 CE -- Empire and environment: China's borderlands, islands, and inner peripheries in the late imperial period, 1300-1800 CE -- Environmental degradation in modern China, 1800-1949 -- Controlling nature in the People's Republic of China, 1949-present -- China and its environment in world historical perspective.…”

China's past, China's future : energy, food, environment / by Smil, Vaclav

Table of Contents: “…China's Biophysical Foundations -- My Chinese Experiences -- Challenges Of Understanding -- Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Energy -- Half a Century Of Advances -- Continuing Importance Of Traditional Energies -- A Failed Strategy -- From A New Saudi Arabia To Concerns About Oil Security -- A Remarkable Shift In Energy Intensities -- Food -- The World's Greatest Famine -- From Subsistence To Satiety -- Dietary Transitions -- Nitrogen In China's Agriculture -- Can China Feed Itself? …”
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China's past, China's future : energy, food, environment / by Smil, Vaclav

Table of Contents: “…China's Biophysical Foundations -- My Chinese Experiences -- Challenges Of Understanding -- Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Energy -- Half a Century Of Advances -- Continuing Importance Of Traditional Energies -- A Failed Strategy -- From A New Saudi Arabia To Concerns About Oil Security -- A Remarkable Shift In Energy Intensities -- Food -- The World's Greatest Famine -- From Subsistence To Satiety -- Dietary Transitions -- Nitrogen In China's Agriculture -- Can China Feed Itself? …”
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The archaeology of China : from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age / by Liu, Li, 1953 December 12-, Chen, Xingcan

Table of Contents: “…BP) -- Domestication of plants and animals -- Neolithization: sedentism and food production in the Early Neolithic (7000-5000 BC) -- Emergence of social inequality -- the Middle Neolithic (5000-3000 BC) -- Rise and fall of early complex societies: the Late Neolithic (3000-2000 BC) -- Formation of early states in the central plain: Erlitou and Erligang (1900/1800-1250 BC) -- Bronze cultures of the northern frontiers and beyond during the early second millennium BC -- The late Shang Dynasty and its neighbors (1250-1046 BC) -- Chinise civilization in comparative perspective -- Appendix: Horse bones in faunal assemblages from Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in North China.…”
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The food of China / by Anderson, E. N., 1941-

Subjects: “…Food habits China.…”
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Touring China : a history of travel culture, 1912-1949 / by Mo, Yajun, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Tourism, Travel Culture, and the Making of the Chinese National Space -- Travel as a Business : The Making of Modern Chinese Tourism -- Travel as Narratives : Producing Quanguo through Travel Print Media -- "Head to the Northwest" : Modern China's Movement Westward -- Facilitating the Exodus : Wartime Travel and the Southwest -- Between Empire and Nation-State : Tourism and Travel in Manchuria and Taiwan, 1912-1949 -- Conclusion : Legacies of Republican-era Tourism and Travel Culture.…”
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Scents of China : a modern history of smell / by Huang, Xuelei, 1978-

Subjects: “…Smell Social aspects China.…”
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Tourism in China : destinations, planning and experiences /

Subjects: “…Tourism China Planning.…”
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Folktales of China. by Eberhard, Wolfram, 1909-

Subjects: “…Tales China.…”

China geographer.

“…China geographer (Boulder, Colo.)…”

Sport in China /

Subjects: “…Sports China.…”

China to Chinatown : Chinese food in the West / by Roberts, J. A. G., 1935-

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Tea in China : a religious and cultural history / by Benn, James A., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional China -- The early history of tea: myth and reality -- Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty -- Tea poetry in Tang China -- The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu -- Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty -- Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki -- Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China -- Conclusions.…”

Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / by Murray, Geoffrey, 1942-

Subjects: “…Environmental policy China.…”
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Deep China : the moral life of the person : what anthropology and psychiatry tell us about China today /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Remaking the moral person in a new China -- The changing moral landscape / Yunxiang Yan -- From commodity of death to gift of life / Jing Jun -- China's sexual revolution / Everett Yuehong Zhang -- Place attachment, communal memory, and the moral underpinnings of gentrification in postreform Shanghai / Pan Tianshu -- Depression : coming of age in China / Sing Lee -- Suicide, a modern problem in China / Wu Fei -- Stigma : HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and China's nonpersons / Guo Jinhua and Arthur Kleinman -- Quests for meaning / Arthur Kleinman.…”
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Tea in China : a religious and cultural history / by Benn, James A., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional China -- The early history of tea: myth and reality -- Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty -- Tea poetry in Tang China -- The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu -- Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty -- Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki -- Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China -- Conclusions.…”
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Greening China : the benefits of trade and foreign direct investment / by Zeng, Ka, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical contentions and analytical approaches -- Debunking the "pollution-haven" and "race-to-the-bottom" hypotheses -- Environmental pollution and regulation in China -- Pollution havens and racing to the bottom : a provincial-level analysis -- Do Chinese provinces "trade up" and "invest up"? …”
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The archaeology of China : from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age / by Liu, Li, 1953 December 12-, Chen, Xingcan

Table of Contents: “…Horse bones in faunal assemblages from Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in north China.…”
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Deep China : the moral life of the person : what anthropology and psychiatry tell us about China today /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Remaking the moral person in a new China -- The changing moral landscape / Yunxiang Yan -- From commodity of death to gift of life / Jing Jun -- China's sexual revolution / Everett Yuehong Zhang -- Place attachment, communal memory, and the moral underpinnings of gentrification in postreform Shanghai / Pan Tianshu -- Depression : coming of age in China / Sing Lee -- Suicide, a modern problem in China / Wu Fei -- Stigma : HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and China's nonpersons / Guo Jinhua and Arthur Kleinman -- Quests for meaning / Arthur Kleinman.…”
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Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / by Murray, Geoffrey, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; China's environmental crisis: an overview; Ancient legacies; Politics in command; Market forces unleashed; Urban demographic and consumerist pressures; The Sanxia dam; Moving the waters; Ecological tramplings; Pollution on the periphery; Environmental policies; Whither China? …”
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