Avoiding the dire straits : an inquiry into food provisions and scurvy in the maritime and military history of China and wider East Asia

Title
  1. Avoiding the dire straits : an inquiry into food provisions and scurvy in the maritime and military history of China and wider East Asia / Mathieu Torck.
Published by
  1. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2009.
Author
  1. Torck, Mathieu.

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Description
  1. vi, 280 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies. East Asian maritime history, 1860-1812 ; 5
Uniform title
  1. East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies. East Asian maritime history ; 5.
Subject
  1. Scurvy > history
  2. Food Supply > history
  3. History, Early Modern 1451-1600
  4. History, Modern 1601-
  5. Military Personnel > history
  6. Nutritional Requirements
  7. Scurvy > prevention & control
  8. Food supply > China > History
  9. Food supply > East Asia > History
  10. Scurvy > China > History
  11. Sailors > History. > China
  12. Seeschifffahrt
  13. Lebensmittelversorgung
  14. Seemann
  15. Skorbut
  16. China
  17. Asia, Eastern
  18. China > History, Naval
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.