Author: Gao, Yan.
Title: Yangzi waters.Transforming the water regime of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China.
Description: Leiden / Boston, Brill, 2022. 271 pp. 28 b./w. & col. ills. Hardcover. (China Studies, 44).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. [Brill Publ.].

Keywords: Ethnography China Asia Water River Etnografie Azië Water Rivieren