Search Results: Before the Deluge by Deirdre Chetham

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2004-03-18. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover. Cover in very good condition with normal shelf and use wear. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil markings. We ship daily.

Palgrave MacMillan, 2004. Softcover. Like New. 6x0x9. Chetham's elegiac book about the towns along the banks of the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River was written on the very eve of their destruction. After great controversy, the Chinese government has begun construction of the world's largest hydroelectric dam in the Three Gorges section of the Yangtze, a place renowned for its beauty. For over two thousand years, the Yangtze has been the great transport route linking the coast with the west and southwest and providing irrigation for the farms that fed China. Once the dam is completed in 2009, the water level will rise as much as 350 feet in a hundred-mile stretch of the river. The water will submerge over a dozen large cities, almost 1,500 villages and towns, and innumerable historical and cultural sites. Over a million people are being moved, voluntarily or otherwise, altering not only their lives, but the lives of a multitude of others whose existence is intertwined with the river.… Read More

U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002-10-18. Hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Palgrove/Macmillan. Vg- In Wraps. Light Wear And Edgewear. Pages: 306.. 2002. Trade Paperback..

Palgrave Macmillan, 2004-03-18. Reprint. Paperback. Used:Good.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 296 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Yangtze River Region (China) History; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0312214170. ISBN/EAN: 9780312214173. Dewey Code: 951/.38 21. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB14872. . 9780312214173

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Paperback / softback. New. "I first sailed the Yangtze in 1983 on the Kun Lun, a foreign-leased cruise ship that went back and forth in seedy glamour between Shanghai and Chongqing. After great controversy, the Chinese government has begun construction of the world's largest hydroelectric dam in the Three Gorges section of the Yangtze, a place renowned for its beauty.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.