Animals through Chinese History Earliest Times to 1911

• Other Authors: Sterckx, Roel (Editor), Siebert, Martina (Editor), Schäfer, Dagmar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Series: Social Sciences
• Subjects: Asian history; General & world history; Animals & society; Chinese history; animal history; animal studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This volume opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. Drawing on an extensive array of primary sources, the essays explore not only developments in the human-animal relationship but the ways in which the Chinese have thought about the world with and through animals. This title is also...