1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461816703321

Titolo

Twentieth-century colonialism and China : localities, the everyday and the world / / edited by Bryna Goodman and David S.G. Goodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-52083-4

9786613833280

0-203-12545-2

1-136-45040-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodmanBryna <1955->

GoodmanDavid S. G

Disciplina

325.5109/041

Soggetti

Europeans - China - History - 20th century

Imperialism

Electronic books.

China History 20th century Colonization

China Relations Western countries

Western countries Relations China

China History, Local 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. [224]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Twentieth-Century Colonialism and China; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; List of maps; List of figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction : colonialism and China; Part I: Colonial governance and questions of identity; 1. Good work for China in every possible direction': The Foreign Inspectorate of the Chinese Maritime Customs, 1854-1950; 2. Negotiating the nation: German colonialism and Chinese nationalism in Qingdao, 1897-1914; 3. Things unheard of East or West: colonialism, nationalism, and cultural contamination in early Chinese exchanges

Part III: Late colonialism and local consequences9. Modernism and its discontent in Shanghai: The dubious agency of the semi-colonized in 1929; 10. Equality and the 'Unequal Treaties': Chinese émigrés and



British colonial routes to modernity; 11. Hong Kong and the New Imperialism in East Asia, 1941-66; 12. The hapless imperialist? Portuguese rule in 1960s Macau; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Colonialism in China was a piecemeal agglomeration that achieved its greatest extent in the first half of the twentieth century, the last edifices falling at the close of the century. The diversity of these colonial arrangements across China's landscape defies systematic characterization.This book investigates the complexities and subtleties of colonialism in China during the first half of the twentieth century. In particular, the contributors examine the interaction between localities and forces of globalization that shaped the particular colonial experiences characterizing m

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910169213203321

Titolo

Tsunami / / edited by Mohammad Mokhtari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rijeka, Croatia : , : IntechOpen, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

953-51-5455-9

953-51-2677-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

551.4637

Soggetti

Tsunamis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967319303321

Autore

Bayoumi Tamim

Titolo

Energy, the Exchange Rate, and the Economy : : Macroeconomic Benefits of Canada’s Oil Sands Production / / Tamim Bayoumi, Martin Mühleisen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613829290

9781462323579

146232357X

9781452737034

1452737037

9781283516846

1283516845

9781451908664

1451908660

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MühleisenMartin

Disciplina

338.2/72830971

Soggetti

Oil sands industry - Economic aspects - Canada

Monetary policy - Canada

Alberta energy

Barrel (unit)

Dutch disease

Economics

Economy

Exchange rate

Gross domestic product

Natural gas

Oil sands

Petroleum

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Issued as part of the Canadian electronic library documents collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. OUTLOOK FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION""; ""III. EXPORT PROSPECTS AND DUTCH DISEASE""; ""IV. EXCHANGE RATE EQUATION""; ""V. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER""; ""VI. CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX I. Data""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper describes potential benefits from Canada's expanding oil sands production, higher energy exports, and further improvements in the terms of trade. Contrary to the previous Canadian exchange rate literature, this paper finds that both energy and nonenergy commodity prices have an influence on the Canadian dollar, and some upward pressure on the exchange rate would therefore be expected. Model results suggest, however, that the impact on other tradable goods exports is limited.