Manchurian railways and the opening of China : an international history / / edited by Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814224303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-317-46546-6; 1-315-70264-9; 1-317-46547-4; 1-282-55487-5; 9786612554872; 0-7656-2516-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages) : maps
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 385.0951/8
• Soggetti: Railroads - China - Manchuria - History - 20th century; Manchuria (China) History 20th century; China Economic conditions 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based on print version record.; "A publication of the Northeast Asia Seminar"--P. facing title page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half-title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Maps; Introduction; PART I. Competing Railway Imperialisms; 1. The Chinese Eastern Railway from the First Sino-Japanese War until the Russo-Japanese War; 2. Japan's South Manchuria Railway Company in Northeast China, 1906-34; 3. Sino-Soviet Tensions and Soviet Administrative Control over the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1917-25; 4. Railway as Political Catalyst: The Chinese Eastern Railway and the 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict; PART II. Competing Railway Nationalisms; 5. Technology Transfer in Modern China: The Case of Railway Enterprises in Central China and Manchuria 6. Chinese Railroads, Local Society, and Foreign Presence: The Tianjin-Pukou Line in pre-1949, Shandong; 7. Railways in Communist Strategy and Operations in Manchuria, 1945-48; 8. Return of the Chinese Changchun Railway to China by the USSR; Epilogue. Rivers of Steel: Manchuria's Railways as a ; Natural Extension of the Sea Lines of Communication; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The struggle for control of the railways of Manchuria during the first part of the twentieth century provides an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia, as well as insight on the critical role of the railways today in plans for the development of China's sparsely populated interior. This volume brings together an international group of authors to explore this fascinating history.