| Description |
1 online resource (197 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF CHARTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO A Comparison of the Domestic-Limitation and Foreign-Intervention Approaches; CHAPTER THREE Could China Have Industrialized?; CHAPTER FOUR The National and International Environments of Chinese Economic Self-Strengthening, 1870-1897; CHAPTER FIVE Sprouts of Industry: The Chinese Self-Strengthening Enterprises, 1870-1897; CHAPTER SIX Foreign Intervention Drains Chinese Capital and Erodes Political Legitimacy, 1897-1911 |
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CHAPTER SEVEN Chinese Industrial Stagnation, 1897-1911CHAPTER EIGHT Foreign Intervention Levels: The Key Variable Influencing Ch'ing Chinese Industrialization; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
More than one hundred years ago, imperial Chinese leaders tried to industrialize their nation, much as China's leaders are attempting today. Self-strengthening projects in industry and the military were implemented to increase China's wealth and power and to protect the country from further colonization by the Western powers of the nineteenth century |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429696817 |
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0429696817 |
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