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Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China. By Judith Shapiro. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 287p. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper

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Judith Shapiro has written the first overview of environmental history of the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong (1949–76). It is a grim history indeed. Instead of employing a more common temporal approach, Shapiro identifies four major themes leading to environmental degradation, and uses compelling case studies to illustrate those themes. The four themes are political repression and suppression of dissenting opinion; utopian urgency; dogmatic uniformity; and war preparation and forcible relocation of the population to remote areas.

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  • Bachman, David, 2002. "Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China. By Judith Shapiro. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 287p. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 96(3), pages 671-672, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:96:y:2002:i:03:p:671-672_85
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