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Remaking the Earth, exhausting the people : the burden of conservation in modern China / Micah S. Muscolino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muscolino, Micah S., 1977- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gansu Sheng (China)--Rural conditions--History--20th century.
- Gansu Sheng (China).
- Gansu Sheng (China)--Environmental conditions--20th century.
- Environmental policy--China--Gansu Sheng--History--20th century.
- Environmental policy.
- Agriculture and state--China--Gansu Sheng--History--20th century.
- Agriculture and state.
- Soil conservation--China--Gansu Sheng--History--20th century.
- Soil conservation.
- Water conservation--China--Gansu Sheng--History--20th century.
- Water conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "Tianshui's three treasures" : conservation in wartime Gansu
- "Speak bitterness to floods" : mobilization and resistance in the early 1950s
- "Getting organized is powerful" : conservation and collectivization
- "Dams have really worn us out" : labor, local knowledge, and the 1956 irrigation campaign
- "Learn from Dengjiabao" : conservation militarized and aestheticized
- "Water has aroused the girls' hearts" : gender and conservation
- "Conservation was primary, farming was secondary" : the Great Famine and its aftermath
- Epilogue : lives, landscapes, and legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295753997 (electronic bk.)
- 0295753994 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032884482
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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