Controlling the dragon : Confucian engineers and the Yellow River in the late imperial China / Randall A. Dodgen.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: ix, 243 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0824823664
- 9780824823665
- 0824821912
- 9780824821913
- 951.1
- DS793.Y45 D63 2001
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.
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 951.1 DOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A256354B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.
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.
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