Climate change, state capacity and nomad-agriculturalist conflicts in Chinese history
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Pei, Qing1; Lee, Harry F.2,3; Zhang, David D.4; Fei, Jie5 |
| 刊名 | QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
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| 出版日期 | 2019-03-01 |
| 卷号 | 508页码:36-42 |
| 关键词 | Nomad-agriculturalist conflicts Climate change State capacity Chinese history |
| ISSN号 | 1040-6182 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.10.022 |
| 通讯作者 | Pei, Qing(qingpei@eduhk.hk) |
| 英文摘要 | The nomad-agriculturalist conflicts under the influence of climate change are investigated with the case of China in 965-1805 CE (mid-to-late Imperial China). Quantitative approach has been adopted with the supplement of qualitative method to re-interpret the conflicts at the long-term national scale under the paradigm of environmental humanities. Our results show that in a deteriorating climate, the state capacity of both nomads and agriculturalist polities were dampened. Nomads initiated southerly migration and invasion towards agriculturalist polities in response to climate-induced subsistence pressure. In turn, agriculturalists defended their territories against the nomadic invasions. When drought and cooling occurred concurrently, nomads were more likely to break the agriculturalist polities' defense. This is the first-ever study focusing on the military actions of agriculturalist polities towards nomadic polities, which helps to give a more holistic picture about geopolitics in environmentally vulnerable regions. The findings may help supplement current "war-peace" theories by illustrating the responses of different types of polities in a deteriorating climate and reveal the peaceful culture of agriculturalists. This analysis of historical China may have global implications and contribute to the understanding of social dynamics under climate change in coming decades. |
| 收录类别 | SCI ; SSCI |
| WOS关键词 | WESTERN HAN DYNASTY ; QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS ; SCALE ; VARIABILITY ; MIGRATION ; DROUGHTS ; IMPACT ; RICE ; WARS ; FLUCTUATIONS |
| WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
| WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000464133900004 |
| 出版者 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| URI标识 | http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/2555502 |
| 专题 | 寒区旱区环境与工程研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Pei, Qing |
| 作者单位 | 1.Educ Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog & Resource Management, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China 4.Guangzhou Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China 5.Fudan Univ, Inst Hist Geog, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pei, Qing,Lee, Harry F.,Zhang, David D.,et al. Climate change, state capacity and nomad-agriculturalist conflicts in Chinese history[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2019,508:36-42. |
| APA | Pei, Qing,Lee, Harry F.,Zhang, David D.,&Fei, Jie.(2019).Climate change, state capacity and nomad-agriculturalist conflicts in Chinese history.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,508,36-42. |
| MLA | Pei, Qing,et al."Climate change, state capacity and nomad-agriculturalist conflicts in Chinese history".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 508(2019):36-42. |
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