LEADER 03598nam 22005892 450 001 9910136596203321 005 20160909145423.0 010 $a1-316-71921-9 010 $a1-316-72341-0 010 $a1-316-72281-3 010 $a1-316-72401-8 010 $a1-316-60969-3 010 $a1-316-65929-1 010 $a1-316-72641-X 010 $a1-316-72461-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000894314 035 $a(EBL)4659218 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781316659298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4659218 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000894314 100 $a20151105d2016|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe river, the plain, and the state $ean environmental drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128 /$fLing Zhang, Boston College$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 318 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in environment and history 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Sep 2016). 311 $a1-107-15598-3 311 $a1-316-72581-2 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Prologue. 1048: the opening of an environmental drama; Part I. Pre-1048: Prelude to the Environmental Drama: 1. Before the Yellow River met the Hebei Plain; 2. The state's Hebei project; 3. The 1040s: on the eve of the flood; 4. Creating a delta landscape; Part II. Post-1048: The Unfolding of the Environmental Drama: 5. Managing the Yellow River-Hebei environmental complex; 6. Life in the Yellow River Delta; 7. Agriculture: a subsistence-oriented economy; 8. Land and water: a thousand years of environmental trauma; Epilogue. 1128: the close of the environmental drama; Index. 330 $aOn July 19, 1048, the Yellow River breached its banks, drastically changing its course across the Hebei Plain and turning it into a delta where the river sought a path out to the ocean. This dramatic shift of forces in the natural world resulted from political deliberation and hydraulic engineering of the imperial state of the Northern Song Dynasty. It created 80 years of social suffering, economic downturn, political upheaval, and environmental changes, which reshaped the medieval North China Plain and challenged the state. Ling Zhang deftly applies textual analysis, theoretical provocation, and modern scientific data in her gripping analysis of how these momentous events altered China's physical and political landscapes and how its human communities adapted and survived. In so doing, she opens up an exciting new field of research by wedding environmental, political, economic, and social history in her examination of one of North China's most significant environmental changes. 410 0$aStudies in environment and history. 606 $aHydraulic engineering$zChina$zYellow River$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aYellow River (China)$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aYellow River (China)$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aHebei Sheng (China)$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aHebei Sheng (China)$xSocial conditions 607 $aChina$xHistory$ySong dynasty, 960-1279 615 0$aHydraulic engineering$xHistory 676 $a951/.1024 686 $aHIS003000$2bisacsh 700 $aZhang$b Ling$f1978-$01074841 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136596203321 996 $aThe river, the plain, and the state$92582669 997 $aUNINA