Cultivating the nation in Fujian's forests: Forest policies and afforestation efforts in China, 1911-1937

Environmental History

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 452-473

  Songster, E Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FORESTRY POLICY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA; FUJIAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0141638438     PISSN: 10845453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3986204     Document Type: Article

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