Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. A Note on the Text x
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Hydraulics and Medicine: Remedying Body and Nation 26
8. 2. Governance, Hydraulics, and the Vice of the Incorruptible 47
9. 3. From Sediment to Sentiment: Transforming Flood Trauma into National Identity 68
10. 4. Water, Landscape, and the Appearance of a New National Literature 89
11. 5. Toward China’s Rejuvenation: The Taigu School and Yellow River Regulation 112
12. Conclusion 140
13. Works Cited 145
14. Index 159