1st Edition
Engineering the State The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927–37
By David Pietz
Copyright 2002
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using case studies of large-scale public works projects in the Huai River valley of central China, this title illustrates the manner in which the Nationalist governmentst sought to re-establish central administrative control which fractured following the fall of the empire.
Note on Measurements and Currency List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Huai River Valley: Politics, Society and Ecology from Yu the Great through 1927 1. Long Term Environmental Change in the Huai River Valley, 200 B.C.-1855 2. Huai River Administrative Structure and 'Dao Huai' Proposals up to the Nationalist Period, 1500-1927 Part II: Reconstruction and the Huai River Conservancy in the 'Nanjing Decade', 1927-37 3. Centralizing Institutions and Planning: The Huai River Commission, 1928-31 4. From the Sediment: The Flood of 1931 5. Cross Currents: Centralization and Fragmentation in Huai River Administration, 1931-34 6. To the Sea: The State and Mobilzation of Resources for Huai Engineering, 1934-37 Conclusion Bibliography Index
Biography
David Pietz
