Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927-1937

ISBN-13: 9780415933889 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 144 str.

David Allen Pietz;Pietz David

Opis

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Note on Measurements and Currency List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Huai River Valley: Politics, Society and Ecology from Yu the Great through 1927 1. Long Term Environmental Change in the Huai River Valley, 200 B.C.-1855 2. Huai River Administrative Structure and 'Dao Huai' Proposals up to the Nationalist Period, 1500-1927 Part II: Reconstruction and the Huai River Conservancy in the 'Nanjing Decade', 1927-37 3. Centralizing Institutions and Planning: The Huai River Commission, 1928-31 4. From the Sediment: The Flood of 1931 5. Cross Currents: Centralization and Fragmentation in Huai River Administration, 1931-34 6. To the Sea: The State and Mobilzation of Resources for Huai Engineering, 1934-37 Conclusion Bibliography Index

O autorze

David Pietz