60 records matched your query
03621aam a2200505 i 4500 001 886646086B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 141103s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014027966 020 $a 1107417597 (paperback) 020 $a 9781107417595 (paperback) 020 $a 1107071569 020 $a 9781107071568 035 $a (OCoLC)894557470 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ja--- $a a-ccy-- $a a-ja--- 050 00 $a DS793.H5 M88 2015 082 00 $a 940.53/1 $2 23 084 $a HIS003000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Muscolino, Micah S., $d 1977- $e author. 245 14 $a The ecology of war in China : $b Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938-1950 / $c Micah S. Muscolino. 264 1 $a New York, NY, USA : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xiii, 294 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in environment and history 520 2 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 651 0 $a Henan Sheng (China) $x History, Military $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Henan Sheng (China) $x Environmental conditions. 651 0 $a Yellow River (China) $x History, Military $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Yellow River (China) $x Environmental conditions. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Environmental aspects $z Henan Sheng. $z Henan Sheng. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Environmental aspects $z Yellow River. $z Yellow River. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Refugees. 650 0 $a Environmental degradation $z Henan Sheng $z Henan Sheng $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Nature $x History $z Henan Sheng $z Henan Sheng $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Asia / General. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Studies in environment and history. 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/71568/cover/9781107071568.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170907013338.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=886646086B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search