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

IntroductionFueling 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 (1...

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1. Verfasser: Wu, Shellen Xiao (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Zusammenfassung:IntroductionFueling 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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xii, 266 Seiten
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ISBN:9780804792844
978-0-8047-9284-4