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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ball, Philip, 1962- author.     Subjects     Water and civilization.     China -- Civilization -- Environmental aspects.     China -- Geography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ball, Philip, 1962- author.       by title:      The water kingdom : ...         MARC Display

The water kingdom : a secret history of China / Philip Ball. by Ball, Philip, 1962- author. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017. Subjects Water and civilization.   China -- Civilization -- Environmental aspects.   China -- Geography. ISBN:  9780226369204 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 022636920X (hardcover : alkaline paper) Description:  341 pages ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction: rain on the Summer Palace -- The great rivers -- Yangtze and Yellow: the axes of China's geography -- Out of the water -- The myths and origins of ancient China -- Finding the way -- Water as source and metaphor in Daoism and Confucianism -- Channels of power -- How China's waterways shaped its political landscape -- Voyages of the eunuch admiral -- How China explored the world -- Rise and fall of the hydraulic state -- Taming the waters by bureaucracy -- War on the waters -- Rivers and lakes as sites and instruments of conflict -- Mao's dams -- The technocratic vision of a new China -- The fluid art of expression -- How water infuses Chinese painting and literature -- Water and China's future -- Threats, promises and a new dialogue. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 951 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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