The water kingdom : a secret history of China
由
Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
題名
:
The water kingdom : a secret history of China
作者
:
Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
ISBN(國際標準書號)
:
9780226369204
9780226470924
主要作者
:
Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
稽核項
:
341 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
內容
:
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.
主題詞彙
:
Water and civilization.
地名標題
:
China -- Civilization -- Environmental aspects.
China -- Geography.
書目索引附錄等註
:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index.
登入號(微縮資料號)
:
npmlib 10802210 DS727 B355 st2
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