Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Illustrations XI
4. Tables XIII
5. Acknowledgments XV
6. A Note on Place Names XIX
7. Abbreviations and Technical Notes on Selected Sources XXI
8. Introduction 1
9. CHAPTER I. Local Interest Story 27
10. CHAPTER II. Community, Coercion, and Cotton 69
11. CHAPTER III. Ecological Crisis and the Logic of "Self-strengthening" 120
12. CHAPTER IV. Sold Down the River? 159
13. CHAPTER V. Dealing with Disaster 218
14. Conclusion: Huang-Yun, China, and the World 273
15. APPENDIX A. List of Counties in Northwest and Southwest Shandong 291
16. APPENDIX B. Agricultural Losses from Hydraulic Decay 293
17. APPENDIX C. Extra Transport Costs Incurred Because of Hydraulic Decay in Huang-Yun 299
18. Bibliography 303
19. Index 327