Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927–37

by David A. Pietz

Using case studies of large-scale public works projects in the Huai River valley of central China, this title illustrates the manner in which the Nationalist governmentst sought to re-establish central administrative control which fractured following the fall of the empire.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published June 28, 2002

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[Yeast · Rating 3 out of 5]

The juxtaposition of 1931 Yangtse flood & aid from US New Deal is pretty interesting. Should elaborate the high modernism aspects more.