Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesVisuals of the Logging FrontierWhen writing Fir and Empire, I was taken aback by the stories in Gong Hui 龔輝, Collected Essays on Timber Rafting in the Western Regions…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesDecolonization, the GameI taught Modern East Asia for the second time this year. Really fun class to teach. The thing that struck me the second time around was how…May 1, 2018May 1, 2018
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesRegional Patterns of Forestry in Four MapsSince I started this project nearly a decade ago I’ve been trying to develop a comprehensive picture of the regional orientations of…Dec 18, 2017Dec 18, 2017
Ian Matthew MillerA Few Notes on Wood Claims in ChinaSpent the past few days reading collections of “popular customs” (民事习惯) that were compiled during the push to compile a civil law code (民法)…Dec 18, 2017Dec 18, 2017
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesNon-Agrarian Land in Official Cadasters, 1148–1392I previously posted a bit on tracing land use changes using government cadasters. I argued for both the expansion of private claims to…Sep 28, 2017Sep 28, 2017
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesMyths of Southern TimberOnce again I find myself with material that’s not going to make it into the book.Jul 13, 2017Jul 13, 2017
Ian Matthew MillerWhere are the leftist utopias?All the fake news, conspiracy theories, alt-right, and everything else swimming around the election of Trump has everyone talking about how…Feb 23, 2017Feb 23, 2017
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesEnergy commons and the “third industrial revolution”Jeremy Rifkin’s book on the “Third Industrial Revolution” has been out for a while, but I was thinking about the concepts and had a sudden…Jan 26, 20171Jan 26, 20171
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesTracing changes in 16th century forests, in three mapsHaving spent six years (or more) researching forests and land rights in Ming-Qing China, it’s strange that I never spent much time with the…Jan 17, 20171Jan 17, 20171
Ian Matthew MillerinRoots and BranchesFootprint of the Capitals, Part 1Thanks to some very productive periods at Max Planck in Berlin and at Yale, I’ve had a chance to do some new work. This is building into a…Oct 11, 20162Oct 11, 20162
