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The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the Jianghan plain in central China, focusing on the peasants' relationship with a volatile environment.

Jiayan Zhang is an associate professor of history atKennesaw State University.

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Is the world one or many? Ji Zhang revisits this ancient philosophical question from the modern perspective of comparative studies. His investigation stages an intellectual exchange between Plato, founder of the Academy, and Ge Hong, who systematized Daoist belief and praxis. Zhang not only captures the tension between rational Platonism and abstruse Daoism, but also creates a bridge between the two.