Description: Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on environmental degradation including air and water pollution, deforestation, deser...
Brief description: Lawrence R. Sullivan is a professor emeritus of political science, Adelphi University, and a co-editor and co-translator of Concise Encyclopedia of Green Technology in China (2023) Yangtze! Yangtze! (1989) and The River Dragon Has Come!: The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People (1998) both by Dai Qing.
Review Quotes: "Sullivan (emer., Adelphi Univ.) and Liu-Sullivan (City Univ. of New York) provide a comprehensive dictionary of over 200 entries on the Chinese environment. Entries range from "Acid Rain" to "Zhou Enlai" (former premier of the People's Republic of China and foreign minister who advocated for environmental protection), and feature romanized Chinese-language terms. Also featured is an extensive chronology that begins at 720-221 BCE, when major deforestation began in the North China Plain, and extends to August 2019, when massive glacier and ice sheet melts were experienced in the Arctic, Greenland, and Alaska after record high temperatures. Readers will also find a list of the acronyms and abbreviations used throughout the book, a glossary of common Chinese terms in romanized form, appendixes (lists of relevant organizations, environmental activists, laws, and natural reserves), and an extensive bibliography categorized by subject. Black-and-white maps of China are provided at the beginning of the book. The brief alphabetical entries discuss key events, people, social issues, and policies that together encompass Chinese environmental studies. This volume will be a valuable resource for a variety of audiences interested in the Chinese environment, or in Asian studies and history in general. A must-have reference acquisition for academic and public libraries. Summing Up: Essential. All readers." --Choice Reviews