Coal Mining in China''s Economy and Society 1895-1937

Klappentext This book provides an important contribution to the economic history of modern China. Zusammenfassung This book provides an important contribution to the economic history of modern China. It examines the history of the coal mining industry - one of China's largest and most important - from the beginnings of modernisation around 1895 to the start of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. The growth of the coal industry: 2. The factors of production; 3. Modernisation and dualism: the technology of the production and distribution of Chinese coal; 4. The growth and composition of demand; 5. The geographical pattern of growth; 6. The temporal pattern of growth; Part II. Coal mining in Chinese politics and society: 7. Foreign investment in the coal industry; 8. Chinese entrepreneurs and the Chinese state; 9. The working and living conditions of the Chinese coal miner; 10. The labour movement; 11. Conclusion: the coal industry in China's modern history; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Wright
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521101882
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10188-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics