This book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese history, environmental history, and disaster studies. It analyses of one of the most lethal floods in history, exploring its environmental, social, and cultural dimensions. It examines the historical development of water problems in Yangzi region, which remain relevant today.

作者 陈学仁，英文原名克里斯·考特尼，英国杜伦大学历史系副教授，在曼彻斯特大学获博士学位，在剑桥大学、新加坡国立大学亚洲研究所等多所高校及机构进行学术访问，研究方向为中国环境史、城市史。

Flowing through the heart of the North China Plain—home to 200 million people—the Yellow River sustains one of China’s core regions. Yet this vital water supply has become highly vulnerable in recent decades, with potentially serious repercussions for China’s economic, social, and political stability. The Yellow River is an investigative expedition to the source of China’s cont...(展开全部)

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century - world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust - grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning? "The Writing of the Disaster" reflects u...(展开全部)

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century - world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust - grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning? "The Writing of the Disaster" reflects u...(展开全部)

关于作者 莫里斯•布朗肖（Maurice Blanchot），法国著名作家、思想家，1907年生于索恩-卢瓦尔，2003年逝世于巴黎。布朗肖一生行事低调，中年后不接受采访与摄影，但他的作品和思想影响了整个法国当代思想界，对法国许多大知识分子和大作家如乔治‧巴塔耶、列维纳斯、萨特、福柯、罗兰‧巴特、德里达等都影响深远。 关于译者 魏舒 南京大学法语系硕士，曾执教于法国公立大学，现居北京，担任童书策划人及译者，策划并翻译《花园小象波米诺》《书中有座美术馆》等畅销童书。邮箱：[email protected] 吴博， 男，1982年生。法国勒芒大学英语语言文学学士、巴黎四大(索邦)英语文学硕士；曾就读于法国勒芒大学法语强化学习班，获巴黎三大法语对外教育硕士学位及法语深度学习证书（DALF）。现为南京大学法语系博士研究生。译著有《在适当时刻》（莫里斯...(展开全部)

关于作者 莫里斯•布朗肖（Maurice Blanchot），法国著名作家、思想家，1907年生于索恩-卢瓦尔，2003年逝世于巴黎。布朗肖一生行事低调，中年后不接受采访与摄影，但他的作品和思想影响了整个法国当代思想界，对法国许多大知识分子和大作家如乔治‧巴塔耶、列维纳斯、萨特、福柯、罗兰‧巴特、德里达等都影响深远。 关于译者 魏舒 南京大学法语系硕士，曾执教于法国公立大学，现居北京，担任童书策划人及译者，策划并翻译《花园小象波米诺》《书中有座美术馆》等畅销童书。邮箱：[email protected] 吴博， 男，1982年生。法国勒芒大学英语语言文学学士、巴黎四大(索邦)英语文学硕士；曾就读于法国勒芒大学法语强化学习班，获巴黎三大法语对外教育硕士学位及法语深度学习证书（DALF）。现为南京大学法语系博士研究生。译著有《在适当时刻》（莫里斯...(展开全部)

This book centers on the changes of polders and investigates the complex hydro-social relationships of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China. Once a “hydraulic frontier” where local communities managed the polders, the Jianghan Plain became a state-led hydro-electric powerhouse by the mid-twentieth century. Through meticulous historical analysis, this book shows how water p...(展开全部)

This book centers on the changes of polders and investigates the complex hydro-social relationships of the Jianghan Plain in late imperial China. Once a “hydraulic frontier” where local communities managed the polders, the Jianghan Plain became a state-led hydro-electric powerhouse by the mid-twentieth century. Through meticulous historical analysis, this book shows how water p...(展开全部)

https://www.routledge.com/China-in-the-Eyes-of-the-Japanese/Xiuli-Wei-Yunxiang/p/book/9780367685843 The relation between China and Japan is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world but how did the Japanese view China in ancient times? How did views change throughout the course of history? How could China’s image be improved in Japanese people’s eyes? This ...(展开全部)