Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949 - Couverture souple

Zhang, Jiayan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774825960 ISBN 13 : 9780774825962

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Jianghan Plain in central China has been shaped by its relationship with water. Once a prolific rice-growing region that drew immigrants to its fertile paddy fields, it has, since the eighteenth century, become prone to devastating flooding and waterlogging. Over time, population pressures and dike building left more and more people in the region vulnerable to frequent water calamities. The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the region, Coping with Calamity considers the Jianghan Plain's volatile environment, the constant challenges it presented to peasants, and their often ingenious and sophisticated responses during the Qing and Republican periods.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jiayan Zhang is an associate professor of history at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774825960
• ISBN 13: 9780774825962
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
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• Personne responsable: non disponible