TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ball,Philip
TI  - The water kingdom: a secret history of China 
SN  - 9780226369204
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Water and civilization
KW  - China
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Geography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: rain on the Summer Palace -- The great rivers -- Yangtze and Yellow: the axes of China's geography -- Out of the water -- The myths and origins of ancient China -- Finding the way -- Water as source and metaphor in Daoism and Confucianism -- Channels of power -- How China's waterways shaped its political landscape -- Voyages of the eunuch admiral -- How China explored the world -- Rise and fall of the hydraulic state -- Taming the waters by bureaucracy -- War on the waters -- Rivers and lakes as sites and instruments of conflict -- Mao's dams -- The technocratic vision of a new China -- The fluid art of expression -- How water infuses Chinese painting and literature -- Water and China's future -- Threats, promises and a new dialogue
ER  -