Controlling the Dragon: Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in Late Imperial China

Dodgen, Randall A.

ISBN 10: 0824823664 / ISBN 13: 9780824823665

Published by University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2001

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243 pgs. Bibliography. A gently used copy with name to front endpaper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controlling the Dragon: Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in Late Imperial China
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824823664
• ISBN 13: 9780824823665
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Chinese Literature,Poetry,History & Philosophy

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Synopsis

The Yellow River has long been viewed as a symbol of China's cultural and political development, its management traditionally held as a gauge of dynastic power. This work examines long-term efforts to manage the river, and the nature of the bureaucracy created to do the job.