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The River, the Plain, and the State - An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128 (Hardcover)
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The River, the Plain, and the State - An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128 (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Environment and History
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On July 19, 1048, the Yellow River breached its banks, drastically
changing its course across the Hebei Plain and turning it into a
delta where the river sought a path out to the ocean. This dramatic
shift of forces in the natural world resulted from political
deliberation and hydraulic engineering of the imperial state of the
Northern Song Dynasty. It created eighty years of social suffering,
economic downturn, political upheaval, and environmental changes,
which reshaped the medieval North China Plain and challenged the
state. Ling Zhang deftly applies textual analysis, theoretical
provocation, and modern scientific data in her gripping analysis of
how these momentous events altered China's physical and political
landscapes and how its human communities adapted and survived. In
so doing, she opens up an exciting new field of research by wedding
environmental, political, economic, and social history in her
examination of one of North China's most significant environmental
changes.
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