| On Leaving Bai Di Cheng: The Culture of China's Yangzi Gorges Contributor(s): Walker, Caroline (Author), Shipley, Robert (Author), Malloy, Ruth Lor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550210831 ISBN-13: 9781550210835 Publisher: NC Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - China - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 915.12 |
| LCCN: 94129393 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 263 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book is the product of a private Canadian expedition to China in 1992. Its members sought to gauge the potential cultural destruction of the daunting and controversial Three Gorges Dam project, which was actively supported by the Canadian government and by corporate sectors.What cultural losses will accompany the expected economic and political gains? What will China, Canada, and the world community lose? How might we, as Canadians, view the purpose and impact of the project, which is now well under way? Using a government-sponsored assessment of the cultural artifacts destined to be submerged by rising waters behind the dam project, our guides - a publisher (Caroline Walker), a heritage consultant (Robert Shipley), a travel writer (Ruth Lor Malloy), and a scholar (Fu Kailin) - lead us on a sometimes comical and frequently troubling tour of the Yangzi gorges region. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shipley, Robert: - Robert Shipley is a heritage consultant from Canada.Kailin, Fu: - Fu Kailin is a scholar.Walker, Caroline: - Caroline Walker was a publisher from Toronto Ontario's NC Press.Malloy, Ruth Lor: - Ruth Lor Malloy is a travel writer. |
