Abstract
This article explores how the East Asian monsoon exacerbated social tensions in southeastern China and thereby fostered historical transformations in the region. By placing water at the center of late imperial Chinese social history, it demonstrates how disputes and animosities ebbed and flowed with the shifting of the seasonal winds. It also suggests the ways dynamic environmental events might complicate our notions of historical time.
© 2023 Association for Asian Studies
2023
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