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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

David Pietz

Product details

• Authors: David Pietz, Pietz David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138968813
• ISBN: 978-1-138-96881-3
• 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, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Asian History, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies