Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927-1937

From: The China Journal | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Smith, Andrew Enticknap | Copyright information

Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927-1937, by David A. Pietz. New York: Routledge, 2002. xix + 142 pp. £45.00 (hardcover).

The state's role in damming, diverting and draining water is an important theme in Chinese history. In Engineering the State, David Pietz surveys more than two millennia of Chinese hydraulic history, but focuses primarily on Huai River water control during the Nationalist Period. The author provides a detailed histori...

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