Engineering the State - The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 192737

Informationen zum Autor David Pietz Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Using case studies of public works projects in the Huai River valley, this book illustrates the manner in which the Nationalist government sought to re-establish central administrative control which fractured following the fall of the empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: David Pietz, Pietz David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2002
• EAN: 9780415933889
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93388-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies