Robert P. Weller
The first study that really lets us understand China's environmental issues from the ground up. Tilt reveals how environmental attitudes vary with social position and how policies vary from one level of government to the next. Above all, his ethnography shows us the sharp horns of China's environmental dilemma.
— Robert P. Weller, Boston University
Barbara Rose Johnston
Bryan Tilt tackles the multifaceted nature of environmental conditions, crises, and responses. In this nuanced, detailed analysis, the reader is presented with a slice of history, life, problems, actions, and consequences. In short, Tilt's work is informative, engaging, and unique.
— Barbara Rose Johnston, UNESCO-IHP advisor on water and cultural diversity, and senior research fellow, Center for Political Ecology
Gene Anderson
A timely book that provides an in-depth account of the environmental problems of a Chinese community in the early twenty-first century. Tilt's thorough and meticulous data gathering makes this book a unique and major benchmark study of China's environmental problem and its effect on a local community. It will remain valuable as a historic document.
— Gene Anderson, University of California, Riverside
Steven Cohen
An excellent book that makes a very useful case study on the fundamental causes and effects of pollution in China. The volume provides a superb explanation of the root causes of China's incredible disregard for the natural environment as the country rapidly develops.
— Steven Cohen, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
