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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
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water resources development--China--Jianghan Region--History.
- Water resources development.
- 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.
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This book centers on the changes of polders and investigates the complex hydro-social relationships of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China. Once a "hydraulic frontier" where local communities managed the polders, the Jianghan Plain became a state-led hydro-electric powerhouse by the mid-twentieth century. Through meticulous historical analysis, this book shows how water politics, cultural practice, and ecology interplayed and transformed the landscape and waterscape of the plain from a long-term perspective. By touching on topics such as religious beliefs, ethnic tension and militarization, the author reveals a plain in between nature and culture that has never been fully examined before"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gao, Yan Yangzi Waters: Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China
- ISBN:
- 9789004505285
- OCLC:
- 1293263875
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