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Author:

Wu, Shellen Xiao, 1980- author.

Title:

Empires of coal : fueling China's entry into the modern world order, 1860-1920 / Shellen Xiao Wu.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 268 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Coal mines and mining--China--History--19th century.
Coal mines and mining--China--History--20th century.
Mines and mineral resources--China--History--19th century.
Mines and mineral resources--China--History--20th century.
Geology, Economic--China--History--19th century.
Geology, Economic--China--History--20th century.
China--History--1861-1912.
China--History--1912-1928.
History.
1800 - 1999
Coal mines and mining.
Geology, Economic.
Mines and mineral resources.
China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Fueling 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.

ISBN:

0804792844 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804792844 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893668858

LCCN:

2014038931

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)