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Names: Zhang, Jiayan, 1964- author
Title: Dikes and society in rural China : the Jianghan Plain, 1788-2010s / by Jiayan Zhang.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Social sciences of practice, 2214-952X ; volume 9 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025020032 (print) | LCCN 2025020033 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004727236 hardback | ISBN 9789004739482 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Reclamation of land—China—Jianghan Region—History | Dikes (Engineering)—China—Jianghan Region—History | Rural development—China—Jianghan Region | Agriculture—China—Jianghan Region | Central-local government relations—China—History | Jianghan Region (China)—Environmental conditions
Classification: LCC TC345.C6 Z428 2025 (print) | LCC TC345.C6 (ebook) | DDC 627/.5490951132—dc23/eng/20250724
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ISSN 2214-952X
ISBN 978-90-04-72723-6 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-73948-2 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004739482
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