Yangzi Waters

Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China

von Yan Gao

290 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 landscape and waterscape of the plain from a long-term perspective. By touching on topics such as religious practice, ethnic tensions and local militarization, the author reveals a plain forever caught between land and water, and nature and culture.

• Reihe: Brill
• ISBN: 9789004505278
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.01.2022
• Größe: 234 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV