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Names: Miller, Ian Matthew, author.
Title: Fir and empire : the transformation of forests in early modern China / Ian Matthew Miller.
Description: 1st. | Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020] | Series: Weyerhaeuser environmental books | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019046834 (print) | LCCN 2019046835 (ebook) | ISBN 9780295747330 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295747347 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Deforestation—China—History—960–1644. | Forest management—China—History—960–1644.
Classification: LCC SD418.3.C6 M55 2020 (print) | LCC SD418.3.C6 (ebook) | DDC 333.750951—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019046834
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