This morning while reading Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China, by Robert Marks, I stumbled on a fascinating description on how the Pearl River Delta in southern China – one of the great centers of agricultural production in the late imperial area – came to be formed by a confluence of natural circumstances and human activity (both wittingly and unwittingly).
Cool Footnote: Sandbar Fixation
Cool Footnote: Sandbar Fixation
Cool Footnote: Sandbar Fixation
This morning while reading Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China, by Robert Marks, I stumbled on a fascinating description on how the Pearl River Delta in southern China – one of the great centers of agricultural production in the late imperial area – came to be formed by a confluence of natural circumstances and human activity (both wittingly and unwittingly).