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This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China's early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China's agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based on their ability to exploit the labor and resources of those who harnessed photosynthetic energy from domesticated plants and animals. Focusing on the state of Qin, Lander amalgamates abundant new scientific, archaeological, and excavated documentary sources to argue that the human domination of the central Yellow River region, and the rest of the planet, was made possible by the development of complex political structures that managed and expanded agroecosystems.

Political ecology --- Agriculture and state --- Agriculture and politics --- Agrarian question --- Agricultural policy --- Agriculture --- State and agriculture --- Economic policy --- Land reform --- Social ecology --- Green movement --- History --- Government policy --- China --- Politics and government --- History. --- Politics and agriculture --- Politics, Practical --- Political aspects --- S04/0510 --- S06/0201 --- S20/0280 --- S20/0500 --- China: History--Pre-Han: before 206 B.C --- China: Politics and government--Government and political institutions: pre-Han --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Rural economic development --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Environmental policy, pollution

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'The King's Harvest' is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China's early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China's agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based on their ability to exploit the labor and resources of those who harnessed photosynthetic energy from domesticated plants and animals. Focusing on the state of Qin, Lander amalgamates abundant new scientific, archaeological, and excavated documentary sources to argue that the human domination of the central Yellow River region, and the rest of the planet, was made possible by the development of complex political structures that managed and expanded agroecosystems.

Agriculture and politics --- Agriculture --- History --- Social aspects --- History --- China --- China --- History --- Politics and government

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This book presents an overview of the historical context and the content of the largest cache of documents ever excavated in China, which provide a wealth of new materials on the history of South China.