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03088aam a2200469 i 4500 001 82E37C56DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230418010100 008 210213t20212021ctuab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021932808 020 $a 030025508X 020 $a 9780300255089 035 $a (OCoLC)1289277875 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d ERASA $d NYP $d YDX $d BDX $d MDY $d OCLCF $d DDO $d OCL $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a DS747.13 $b .L36 2021 082 04 $a 320.50951 $2 23 100 1 $a Lander, Brian, $e author. 245 14 $a The king's harvest : $b a political ecology of China from the first farmers to the first empire / $c Brian Lander. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xiv, 300 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Yale Agrarian Studies Series 520 8 $a This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China's early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China's agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based on their ability to exploit the labor and resources of those who harnessed photosynthetic energy from domesticated plants and animals. Focusing on the state of Qin, Lander amalgamates abundant new scientific, archaeological, and excavated documentary sources to argue that the human domination of the central Yellow River region, and the rest of the planet, was made possible by the development of complex political structures that managed and expanded agroecosystems. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-287) and index. 505 0 $a 1. The Nature of Political Power -- 2. Seeds of Life: How People Came to Build Their Own Ecosystems -- 3. Herding People: The Rise of Political Organizations in China -- 4. The Power in the West: A History of the State of Qin -- 5. Watching Over the Granaries: The Ecology of the Qin Empire -- 6. A Hundred Generations: How China's Empires Shaped Their Environments -- Epilogue: States of the Anthropocene -- Notes -- Bibliography. 648 7 $a To 221 B.C. $2 fast 650 0 $a Political ecology $z China $x History. 650 0 $a Agriculture and state $z China $x History. 650 0 $a Agriculture and politics $z China $x History. 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Political ecology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069284 650 7 $a Agriculture and politics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801720 650 7 $a Agriculture and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801722 651 0 $a China $x Politics and government $y To 221 B.C. 651 0 $a China $x History. 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Yale agrarian studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013754.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=82E37C56DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search