Stevan Harrell’s An Ecological History of Modern China tells the history of the People’s Republic not through elite politics or cultural change, but through the interaction between China’s demographic and economic growth and the physical environment of the country. It asks whether sustainable development is possible and how China’s ecological history has affected the world environment.

Author:

Stevan Harrell Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington

Discussants

Philippe Rheault Director of The China Institute at the University of Alberta

Ashley Esarey Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta

Loretta Lou Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Degree Director for the Master’s Program in Global & Planetary Health at Durham University