{"product_id":"the-kings-harvest-9780300255089","title":"The Kings Harvest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA multidisciplinary environmental history of early China’s political systems, featuring newly available Chinese archaeological data\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the James Henry Breasted Prize, sponsored by the AHA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Over four thousand years of unsustainable growth, Chinese states replaced a diverse ecosystem with a monocropping grain state. All states destroy environments, but only the state can save us. So ancient China’s spectres still haunt our modern crisis. A brilliant and disturbing analysis!”—Peter C. Perdue, author of \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental History in China and the West: Its Origins and Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e (in Chinese)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe King’s Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary achievement that makes a unique contribution to Chinese history, environmental history, and the history of agriculture.”—Ruth Mostern, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe King’s Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e is based on exceptionally sound scholarship, reflecting Brian Lander’s grasp of the most cutting-edge approaches to environmental history and early Chinese history.”—Micah S. Muscolino, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ecology of War in China \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brian Lander has written a richly detailed, engaging, and eminently readable masterpiece of environmental history, interweaving archaeological and textual evidence from Ancient China to demonstrate that ‘Geopolitics are always environmental politics.’”—Rowan Flad, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAncient Central China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brian Lander’s book boldly builds upon K. C. Chang’s \u003ci\u003eArchaeology of Ancient China\u003c\/i\u003e and Mark Elvin’s \u003ci\u003eRetreat of the Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e, providing one plausible explanation for agricultural innovations spurring vast sociopolitical changes. I will assign it.”—Michael Nylan, author of \u003ci\u003eChang’an 26 BCE: An Augustan Age in China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401564692823,"sku":"9780300255089","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300255089.jpg?v=1730477815","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kings-harvest-9780300255089","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}