Before the Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges (Paperback)

from SeriousGrace

What happens to the traditions, the daily existence and essential history of a community and culture when it loses its geography, it's place and space? What happens when entire cultures are uprooted and removed? Is it still the same as if it had never left? It is hard to imagine such a question u...

from kpossible

I loved this book as it gave insights into the lives and social systems of small towns and villages along the Yangtze River before construction of the Three Gorges Dam required that many of the towns and villages be destroyed and the residents relocated. Since I was blessed to be able to travel a...

from kpossible

I loved this book as it gave insights into the lives and social systems of small towns and villages along the Yangtze River before construction of the Three Gorges Dam required that many of the towns and villages be destroyed and the residents relocated. Since I was blessed to be able to travel a...