Technology and American economic growth

摘要: In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on much broader canvas, updates and expands the basic arguments Earth". book is not systematic litany what went wrong how - but rather an inquiry into fundamental factors, needs, prospects, limits modern Chinese society, all seen through critical environmental constraints impacts.