The Yellow River

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China
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Author: David A. Pietz ISBN: 9780674966925
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: January 5, 2015
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: David A. Pietz
ISBN: 9780674966925
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: January 5, 2015
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

In the Maoist years the North China Plain was re-engineered to use every drop of water for irrigation and hydroelectricity. As David Pietz shows, China’s urban growth, industrial expansion, and agricultural intensification rested on compromised water resources, with effects that cast a long shadow over China’s future course as a global power.

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In the Maoist years the North China Plain was re-engineered to use every drop of water for irrigation and hydroelectricity. As David Pietz shows, China’s urban growth, industrial expansion, and agricultural intensification rested on compromised water resources, with effects that cast a long shadow over China’s future course as a global power.

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