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READING
Here's a state of things
How did it get this way?
Local Communities
Dev Rev Modernity
Environmental Problems
The Future
WRITING
How did it get this way?
Local Communities
Dev Rev Modernity
Environmental Problems
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Readings for Unit 1: Here's a State of Things
Read:
I meant to get this material to you earlier, so you could read it before the beginning of class. But since I'm not posting the syllabus until the night before, I can't expect you to read it all yet. But if you have some time, please try to read some of it, and try to finish before Monday, October 3.
In order to introduce you to the relationship between people and the environment in 21st-century China, you should do two things:
First, acquaint yourself with one or the other of the environmental newsletters that come from China on a regular basis. First browse a few articles, but I would strongly recommend you subscribe to one or the other:
Second, read the draft introduction to my book-in-progress, An Ecohistory of People's China.
Come to class ready to discuss the view of environmental problems in China that you have gained from any contact you have had with the subject so far, including the above readings if you have time to do them.
For the last part of today's class, we will look at the basic geography of China in terms of the relationship between population, land, food, water, and forests. To begin with, you need to acquaint yourself with the geography and history of China in terms of facts. We will thus go over a list of facts upon which you will take a quiz on October 19, as well as explain in basic geographic terms the reasons why China's population and subsistence activities are distributed as they are.
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