Yangzi waters : transforming the water regime of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China /

"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 b...

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Main Author: Gao, Yan (Professor of Chinese history) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Series:China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 44.
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