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The Water Kingdom. A secret history of Chinas

Door Philip Ball

Categorie
Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer
#278613
Titel
The Water Kingdom. A secret history of Chinas
Auteur
Ball, Philip
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London, The Bodley Head
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
1847923550
ISBN13
9781847923554
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

A secret history of China - a fresh new way of thinking about a people, a civilisation, an epic story. The Water Kingdom takes us on a grand journey through China's past and present, offering a unique window through which we can begin to grasp the overwhelming complexity and teeming energy of the country and its people. Water is a key that unlocks much of Chinese history and thought. The ubiquitous relationship that the Chinese people have had with water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression. From the Han emperors to Mao, the ability to manage the waters - to provide irrigation and defend against floods - became a barometer of political legitimacy, and attempts to do so have involved engineering works on a gigantic scale. Yet the strain that e
... (Lees verder)conomic growth is putting on its water resources today may be the greatest threat to China's future. The Water Kingdom is an epic, spell-binding story. Our guides are travellers and explorers, poets and painters, bureaucrats and activists, who have themselves struggled to come to terms with living in a world so shaped and permeated by water.
Pagina's
341
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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