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Empires of coal : fueling China's entry into the modern world order, 1860-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wu, Shellen Xiao, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:
Coal mines and mining > China > History > 19th century.
Coal mines and mining > China > History > 20th century.
Mines and mineral resources > China > History > 19th century.
Mines and mineral resources > China > History > 20th century.
Geology, Economic > China > History > 19th century.
Geology, Economic > China > History > 20th century.
China > History > 1861-1912.
China > History > 1912-1928.
Coal mines and mining.
Geology, Economic.
Mines and mineral resources.
China.
1800 - 1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fueling industrialization in the age of coal
  • Ferdinand von Richthofen and the geology of empire
  • Lost and found in translation : geology, mining, and the search for wealth and power
  • Engineers as the agents of science and empire, 1886-1914
  • Nations, empires, and mining rights (1895-1911)
  • Geology in the age of imperialism, 1890-1923
  • Epilogue.