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

by University of Memphis and Yan Gao

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