In:
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Brill, Vol. 62, No. 4 ( 2019-05-16), p. 731-772
Abstract:
Since the late imperial era, Yellow River floods have endangered the environmental equilibrium of North China, including parts of the Grand Canal. The Republican government’s response to water disasters reflected the influence of global networks and institutions of expertise. By turning to an American company for infrastructure work on the Grand Canal, Chinese government officials placed their faith in global science and finance to renew a domestic symbol of state power. The project failed; nonetheless the efforts to restore the waterways and provide relief reveal the entangled humanitarian, corporate, and educational interests of modern China’s state building and environmental management.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-4995
,
1568-5209
DOI:
10.1163/15685209-12341492
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
218211-7
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2043811-4
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,21
SSG:
6,23
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