Yangzi Waters: Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China

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This book centers on the history 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 had become a state-led hydro-electric powerhouse by the mid-twentieth century. Through in-depth historical analysis, this book shows how water politics, cultural practice, and ecology interplayed and transformed the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:900450527X

ISBN13:9789004505278

Release Date:January 2022

Publisher:Brill

Length:290 Pages

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