David Pietz

Engineering the State (eBook, ePUB)

The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927-37

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using case studies of large-scale public works projects in the Huai River valley of central China, this title illustrates the manner in which the Nationalist governmentst sought to re-establish central administrative control which fractured following the fall of the empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317794561
• Artikelnr.: 55170871

Autorenporträt

David Pietz

Inhaltsangabe

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