The Grand Canal in Republican China

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ID9085120
AuthorsShirley Ye (0000-0002-4104-2384, University of BirminghamEdgbastonUK, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume62
Issue4
Pages731-772
Publication date2019-05-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4995 • E-ISSN: 1568-5209
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15685209-12341492
OpenAlexW2947971990
LanguageEN
References cited16

Since the late imperial era, Yellow River floods have endangered the environmental equilibrium of North China, including parts of the Grand Canal. The Republican government’s response to water disasters reflected the influence of global networks and institutions of expertise. By turning to an American company for infrastructure work on the Grand Canal, Chinese government officials placed their faith in global science and finance to renew a domestic symbol of state power. The project failed; nonetheless the efforts to restore the waterways and provide relief reveal the entangled humanitarian, corporate, and educational interests of modern China’s state building and environmental management

Asian studies · China · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Endangered species · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Work (physics) · American Environmental and Regional History · Engineering · History · Law · Public Administration · Research, Science, and Academia · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments

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