Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927-37

by David Pietz

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138968813
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/27/2017
Series:	East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table 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