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03051aam a2200433 i 4500 001 59DA3B72B4A811ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220405011336 008 211005s2022 ne ab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021046466 020 $a 900450527X 020 $a 9789004505278 035 $a (OCoLC)1263742957 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d OHX $d YDX $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ccg-- $a a-ccg-- 050 00 $a HD1698.C52 G36 2022 100 1 $a Gao, Yan $c (Professor of Chinese history), $e author. 245 10 $a Yangzi waters : $b transforming the water regime of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China / $c by Yan Gao. 264 1 $a Leiden ; $b Brill, $c [2022] 300 $a xviii, 271 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a China studies, $x 1570-1344 ; $v volume 44 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Water resources development $z Jianghan Region $z Jianghan Region $x History. 650 0 $a Water-supply $x History. $z Jianghan Region $z Jianghan Region $x History. 650 0 $a Human ecology $z Jianghan Region $z Jianghan Region $x History. 651 0 $a Yangtze River (China) $x Environmental conditions. 651 0 $a Jianghan Region (China) $x Environmental conditions. 651 0 $a Jianghan Region (China) $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a China $x Politics and government $y 1644-1912. 651 0 $a China $x History $y Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Gao, Yan. $t Yangzi waters $d Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] $z 9789004505285 $w (DLC) 2021046467 830 0 $a China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; $v v. 44. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103012936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59DA3B72B4A811ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search