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Coping with Calamity : Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949

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The Jianghan Plain in central China has been shaped by its relationship with water. Once a prolific rice-growing region that drew immigrants to its fertile paddy fields, it has, since the eighteenth century, become prone to devastating flooding and waterlogging. Over time, population pressures and dike building left more and more people in the region vulnerable to frequent water calamities. The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the region, Coping with Calamity considers the Jianghan Plain's volatile environment, the constant challenges it presented to peasants, and their often ingenious and sophisticated responses during the Qing and Republican periods.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780774825955
  • ISBN-10: 0774825952
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publish Date: June 2014
  • Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.23 pounds
  • Page Count: 292

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