by Philip Ball · University of Chicago Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780226754604
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«The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China» is the historical essay by Philip Ball, published by University of Chicago Press in paperback (320 pages, in English).
The book traces China's history through its great waterways: water management marked the political legitimacy of dynasties, from the Han to Mao, and inspired the country's art, philosophy and worldview. Travelers, poets, bureaucrats and activists show how rivers remain challenge, opportunity and inspiration.
This paperback edition from University of Chicago Press was published on October 12, 2020.
A read for those interested in China's history and in how the natural environment shapes a civilization.
Philip Ball is a British science writer. For over twenty years he has been an editor of the journal Nature, for which he continues to write regularly.
