Controlling from Afar: The Daoguang Emperor's Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824-1826 Volume 69
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Late in the winter of 1824, the Hongze Lake was dangerously swollen from floods and seepage in the region. As a rainstorm lashed the lake, wind and the waves tore two huge breaches in the dike along the lake's eastern perimeter, sending flood waters cascading down into the Gao-Bao lakes to the east, into the Grand Canal, and beyond the canal into the flood-prone, low-lying Xiahe region between the canal and the sea. Controlling from Afar examines...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0892641193
ISBN13:9780892641192
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:U of M Center for Chinese Studies
Length:334 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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