Controlling the Dragon: Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in Late Imperial China

by Randall A. Dodgen

Book Overview

The Yellow River has long been viewed as a symbol of China's cultural and political development, its management traditionally held as a gauge of dynastic power. For centuries, the country's early rulers employed a defensive approach to the river by building dikes and diversion channels to protect fields and population centers from flooding. This situation changed dramatically after the Yuan (1260-1368) emperors constructed the Grand Canal, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823664
• ISBN13: 9780824823665
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"