Cover illustration: Hubei sheng Changjiang, Hanshui di gong tu 湖北省長江、漢水堤工圖 [The embankment map of the Yangtze River and the Han River in Hubei Province] (1821–1850). The map is adjusted to fit the cover. The orientation of the map is south at the top, and north at the bottom. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington D.C., gm71005075, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7822y.ct003422 .Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gao, Yan, author.
Title: Yangzi waters : transforming the water regime of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China / by Yan Gao.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: China studies, 1570-1344 ; volume 44 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021046466 (print) | LCCN 2021046467 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004505278 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004505285 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Water resources development–China–Jianghan Region–History. | Water-supply–Political aspects–China–Jianghan Region–History. | Human ecology–China–Jianghan Region–History. | Yangtze River (China)–Environmental conditions. | Jianghan Region (China) –Environmental conditions. | Jianghan Region (China) –Politics and government. | China–Politics and government–1644-1912. | China–History–Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Classification: LCC HD1698.C52 .G36 2022 (print) | LCC HD1698.C52 (ebook) | DDC 333.91009512/1–dc23/eng/20211014
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