- Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages) : color illustrations.
- 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"--
- Series Statement
- China studies, 1570-1344 ; volume 44
- Uniform Title
- Yangzi waters (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Yangzi waters (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Glossary of Chinese Measurement Terms Work Cited -- Index.
- LCCN
- 2021046466
- OCLC
- ssj0002550277
- Author
Gao, Yan (Professor of Chinese history)
- Title
Yangzi waters [electronic resource] : transforming the water regime of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China / by Yan Gao.
- Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Series
China studies, 1570-1344 ; volume 44
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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