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008			160916t20172017iluab b 001 0 eng c
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020			_a9780226369204 _qhardcover ; _qalkaline paper
020			_a022636920X _qhardcover ; _qalkaline paper
035			_a(OCoLC)958351041
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092			_a951 _bB187
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBall, Philip, _d1962- _eauthor. _9230575
245	1	4	_aThe water kingdom : _ba secret history of China / _cPhilip Ball.
264		1	_aChicago : _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a341 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
651		0	_aChina _xCivilization _xEnvironmental aspects. _9327221
651		0	_aChina _xGeography. _9327222
650		0	_aWater and civilization. _9147819
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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