Shen Pao-chen and China's modernization in the nineteenth century:

The Opium Wars ushered in an era of intensive Western imperialism in China, at a time when the Ch'ing dynasty was already in decline, forcing a small number of Chinese officials to come to the realisation that China must protect itself by adopting the same military technology that had brought i...

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Main Author: Pong, David 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994
Series:Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions
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Summary:The Opium Wars ushered in an era of intensive Western imperialism in China, at a time when the Ch'ing dynasty was already in decline, forcing a small number of Chinese officials to come to the realisation that China must protect itself by adopting the same military technology that had brought it national humiliation. Shen Pao-chen was one such official. Abandoning the comfort of his successful career, Shen devoted his life to building China's first modern naval dockyard and academy. His successes and failures shed new light on the story of China's efforts at modernization - a story that has not come to a conclusion. As China engages in new rounds of economic and industrial modernization in the post-Mao era, many of these issues acquire new meanings and significance
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 395 pages)
ISBN:9780511471087
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511471087

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