Mandarin-Capitalists From Nanyang - Overseas Chinese Enterprise in the Modernisation of China 1893-1911

Klappentext This book examines the contribution of Chinese entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia to China's early modernization. Zusammenfassung The contribution of the overseas Chinese! particularly from Southeast Asia (Nanyang)! to China's early modernization constitutes an important and neglected chapter in Chinese history. This study traces the rise of overseas Chinese capitalism together with the emergence of an aggressive campaign on the Ch'ing dynasty to attract overseas support. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Note; Map; Introduction; Part I. The Rise of the Overseas Chinese Capitalist: 1. The foreign experience; 2. Environment and Chinese values; 3. China's discovery of the Nanyang Chinese; 4. The recruitment of Chang Pi-shih; Part II. Overseas Chinese Enterprise in the Modernization of China: 5. A program for the development of industry and commerce; 6. The search for overseas Chinese talent and wealth; 7. South China's railroad offensive 1904-8; 8. The overseas Chinese and economic change; Epilogue; Notes; Select bibliography; Glossary; Index.

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• Authors: Michael R. Godley
• Assisted by: Patrick Hannan (Editor), Denis Twitchett (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521526951
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52695-1
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches