The Transformation of the Chinese Earth: Aspects of the Evaluation of the Chinese Earth from Earliest Times to Mao Tse-tung

First Edition. 26 x 16 cms. xvii, 336 pp. The book covers the developments of the previous 2 decades in China. 84 maps and cartograms, 63 photographic plates, and 20 tables. The brown oatmeal original cloth has a red spine label with gilt lettering. and a gilt motif on the front cover. dust jacket, designed by the author, from han etching depicting girls picking mulberry leaves, taken from a bronze vase, 5th-4th c. B.C.; and a ploughing scene from a Han dynasty tomb. The Occupation of the Chinese Land -- The Unity and Diversity of the Peoples of China -- The Diversity of the Chinese Earth -- Under-development and Development in China -- The Rise of the People's Communes -- Contrasts in the Micro-geography of Selected -- Communes -- The Agricultural Regions of China -- Agricultural Production in China -- The Industrial Sector -- Transport and the Integration of the Chinese Living Space -- Population: Spatial Patterns -- China: Over-populated or Under-populated? -- Towards a Reappraisal of China's Intellectual Resources. The pages are clean and all the maps, plates and photographs are bright. chinese red seal of former owne'r ow as new. ISBN: 071351549X