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The water kingdom : a secret history of China
- Title
- The water kingdom : a secret history of China / Philip Ball.
- Author
- Ball, Philip, 1962-
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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Details
- Description
- pages cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: rain on the Summer Palace -- The great rivers -- Yangtze and Yellow: the axes of China's geography -- Out of the water -- The myths and origins of ancient China -- Finding the way -- Water as source and metaphor in Daoism and Confucianism -- Channels of power -- How China's waterways shaped its political landscape -- Voyages of the eunuch admiral -- How China explored the world -- Rise and fall of the hydraulic state -- Taming the waters by bureaucracy -- War on the waters -- Rivers and lakes as sites and instruments of conflict -- Mao's dams -- The technocratic vision of a new China -- The fluid art of expression -- How water infuses Chinese painting and literature -- Water and China's future -- Threats, promises and a new dialogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5130
- ISBN
- 9780226369204
- 022636920X
- LCCN
- 2016042794
- OCLC
- 2016042794
- Author
- Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
- Title
- The water kingdom : a secret history of China / Philip Ball.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5130