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Yangzi waters : transforming the water regime of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China / by Yan Gao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gao, Yan (Professor of Chinese history), author.
- Series:
- China studies ; volume 44.
- China studies, 1570-1344 ; volume 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water resources development--China--Jianghan Region--History.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply--Political aspects--China--Jianghan Region--History.
- Water-supply.
- Human ecology--China--Jianghan Region--History.
- Human ecology.
- History.
- Water-supply--Political aspects.
- Yangtze River (China)--Environmental conditions.
- Yangtze River (China).
- Jianghan Region (China)--Environmental conditions.
- Jianghan Region (China).
- Jianghan Region (China)--Politics and government.
- China--Politics and government--1644-1912.
- China.
- Politics and government.
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- China--Jianghan Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Water, society and politics
- Water-based disasters and a cultured nature
- Disordering nature : wetlands and empire reconstruction (1600s-early 1700s)
- The retreat of the horse : the Manchus, pasturelands, and water management on the Jianghan Plain (ca.1700s-mid-1800s)
- Militarizing water : forts, polders, and landscape in an era of crisis (1796-1860s)
- Coping with the environmental crisis in the post-Taiping era
- Centering the Plain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gao, Yan. Yangzi waters
- ISBN:
- 9789004505285
- 9004505288
- Publisher Number:
- 40030936618
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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