Download or read book Mountain Rivers, Mountain Roads: Transport in Southwest China, 1700‐1850 written by Nanny Kim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanny Kim analyses two transports systems into the Southwest of Qing China, focussing on shipping on the Upper Changjiang and road transport into central Yunnan, examining concrete technologies, economics, and the transporters in local societies and environments.