Agricultural Geography of the Song Dynasty

About This Novel

This book is an overall discussion of agricultural development and its geographical distribution in the two Song Dynasties for more than 300 years. The book not only macroscopically points out the importance of agricultural production to the national destiny and people's livelihood in the Song Dynasty, but also based on the regional differences caused by the natural environment and social factors in the Song Dynasty, from the aspects of population, land, crops, water conservancy, agricultural technology, etc., Discusses the agricultural production characteristics of five regions in the Song Dynasty: the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the southeast region, the Jinghu region, the Chuanxia region, and the Lingnan region. It focuses on the relationship between the southward shift of ancient China's economic center of gravity and the two-crop annual rice-wheat rotation system. This book constructs a research paradigm of "agricultural geography", with solid data and rigorous argumentation. It shows the complexity and differences of agricultural complexes in various places in the Song Dynasty, and accurately summarizes the characteristics of Song Dynasty agriculture in the history of Chinese agricultural development as a "connection between past and future". This book helps readers observe the political changes and economic development in the Song Dynasty through the "agricultural perspective", and has high academic reference value.

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