


作者简介:David A.Bello,曾获哥伦比亚大学博士学位,现为Washington and Lee University历史系教授,是清史与环境史领域的重要学者。除本书外,他还写有Opium and the Limits of Empire: The Opium Problem in the Chinese Interior,1729-1850.此外,与Edmund Burke III 和 Kenneth Pomeranz等知名学者合编了The Environment and World History.