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|a Ball, Philip
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|a The water kingdom :
|b a secret history of China /
|c Philip Ball
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|a London :
|b Vintage,
|c 2017
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|a 341p. :
|b illustrations, maps ;
|c 24 cm.
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|a Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332) and index.
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|a 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.
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|a Water and civilization
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|a Water-supply--Economic aspects
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|a China
|x Civilization
|x Environmental aspects.
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|a China
|x Geography.
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