Controlling the Dragon : : Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in Late Imperial China / / Randall A. Dodgen.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Evolution of the Yellow River Control System in Late Imperial China, 1495-1835
- 2. Rising Waters
- 3. Confucian Engineers
- 4. The Xiangfu Flood and the Siege of Kaifeng, 1841-1842
- 5. The Taoyuan Flood and the Zhongmou Debacle, 1842-1845
- 6. A Change of Course, 1844-1855
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Character Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author