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050 00 $aSD221$b.M39 1994
082 00 $a333.75/0951/0903$220
100 1 $aMenzies, Nicholas K.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93111375
245 10 $aForest and land management in Imperial China /$cNicholas K. Menzies.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9407
300 $aix, 175 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aStudies on the Chinese economy
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-171) and index.
505 2 $a1. Forests in China. Forest Vegetation. Transforming the Environment: Land Clearance and Deforestation. The Circuitous Paths of Deforestation -- 2. Forest Stability and Decline: A Delicate Balance. The Problem of Deforestation. The Conservation of Natural Resources. The Conditions for Forest Management in China -- 3. The Mulan Weichang Imperial Hunting Enclosure. Hunting, the Manchu Identity, and the Symbolism of Legitimation. Preservation of Nature as Political Imperative. The Demise of the Hunting Preserve -- 4. Temple and Monastic Forests. Secluded Mountains: the Landscape as a Resource. Normative, Coercive, and Remunerative Enforcement -- 5. Clans, Communities and Commons. Clan Lands. Communities and the Commons. The Setting for Communal Ownership. Management of Collective Lands. Clan and Village Forests and the Theory of Common Property -- 6. Trees in Agricultural Systems. Trees and Agriculture in South China. Market Linkages. Management of Cunninghamia and Pine. Ownership and Control of Trees.
505 0 $aForestry and Ethnic Minorities. Why Plant Trees: Enforcement or Incentives? -- 7. Beyond Timber: Fuelwood, Sericulture and Fungi. Fuelwood and Charcoal. Silk and Edible Fungi -- 8. In the Depths of the Mountains: Logging the Old Growth. Bandits, Logging, and the Pacification of the Wilderness. Economic Links: Markets and the timing of Logging Operations. Control and Enforcement. Constraints on Settlement and Conversion -- 9. Discussion and Conclusions. Enforcement and Compliance. Deforestation or Forest Management - some Issues -- App. Methods Used in the Study -- App. Sources -- References in Western Languages -- References in Chinese and Japanese -- Local and Temple Gazetteers -- Personal Communications.
520 $aThe historical pattern of land use in China has been described as a process of clearance of forest for conversion to agriculture. There is evidence though that forests were protected, maintained, or intensively managed in some places, often for periods of several centuries.
520 8 $aThis book describes six examples of managed forests varying from the Imperial Hunting Enclosure in north-eastern China to intensively cultivated small-scale systems where timber was grown as a commercial product intercropped with other cash crops. The author shows that individuals and communities acted to manage resources for a number of reasons including economic benefit, and religious or symbolic purposes. Users adopted different management strategies to suit their own organisational capacities and changing social and economic conditions.
520 8 $aSustainability of these management systems depended on the users' ability to control access to and utilisation of the resource, and their ability to adjust to changes over time.
650 0 $aForests and forestry$zChina$xHistory.
650 0 $aDeforestation$zChina$xHistory.
650 0 $aForests and forestry$xEconomic aspects$zChina$xHistory.
650 0 $aForest management$zChina$xHistory.
650 0 $aLand tenure$zChina$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106575
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yQing dynasty, 1644-1912.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078
830 0 $aStudies on the Chinese economy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92021003
852 00 $beal$hSD221$i.M39 1994