Shen Pao-Chen and China''s Modernization in the Nineteenth Century

Klappentext A look at the life of Shen Pao-chen who devoted his life to building China's first modern naval dockyard and academy. Zusammenfassung A look at the life of Shen Pao-chen who devoted his life to building China's first modern naval dockyard and academy. His successes and failures shed new light on the story of China's efforts at modernisation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Early Years; 2. A Local Official in Kiangsi 1856-59; 3. TheGovernor of Kiangsi 1862-65; 4. First Encounters with Foreigners; 5. Director General of the Foochow Navy Yard; 6. The Foochow: Early Developments1866-67; 7. The Foochow Navy Yard: Adminstration and Personnel 1867-75; 8. The Foochow Navy Yard: Building and Training Programmes; 9. The Foochow Navy Yard: Financial Crises; 10. The Next Steps in Defence Modernisation: Ma-wei and Beyond; 11. Towards a pan for Self-Strengthening; Conclusion; Glossary of Chinese characters; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: David Pong, David (University of Delaware) Pong
• Assisted by: Patrick Hannan (Editor), Denis Twitchett (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2003
• EAN: 9780521531269
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53126-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918