{"product_id":"contested-environmentalisms-trees-and-the-making-of-modern-china-9781503640306","title":"Contested Environmentalisms: Trees and the Making of Modern China","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor decades, tree planting and forestry have been pivotal to Chinese environmentalism. During the Mao era, while forests were razed to fuel rapid increases in industrial production, the \"Greening the Motherland\" campaign promoted conservationist tree-planting nationwide. \u003ci\u003eContested Environmentalisms\u003c\/i\u003e explores the seemingly contradictory rhetoric and desires of Chinese conservation from the early twentieth century through to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on literary, cinematic, scientific, archival, and digital media sources, Cheng Li investigates the emergence, evolution, and devolution of Chinese conservationist ideas. Combining literary, historical, and environmental studies approaches, he shows that these ideas acquired their value and assumed their power precisely because of their malleability and adaptability. Li historicizes authoritarian environmentalism and probes the global-local dynamics underlying conservationist ideas that energize environmental impulses in China. Examining ethnic borderlands, the Beijing political center, and China's growth on the world stage, this book demonstrates the strength of Chinese environmentalism to adapt and survive through tumultuous change lies in what seems to be a weakness: its inconsistency and contestation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheng Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503640306","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273924575369,"sku":"9781503640306","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_96ea38bf-2654-458f-9f73-ba04122cabcd.jpg?v=1736841903","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/contested-environmentalisms-trees-and-the-making-of-modern-china-9781503640306","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}