A great undertaking : mechanization and social change in a late Imperial Chinese coalmining community /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hornibrook, Jeff, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2015]
Temas:
1800-1899
Coal mines and mining > China > Pingxiang (Jiangxi Sheng) > History > 19th century.
Industrialization > China > Pingxiang (Jiangxi Sheng) > History > 19th century.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Chine > Pingxiang (Jiangxi) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Industrialisation > Chine > Pingxiang (Jiangxi) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Coal mines and mining
Economic history
Industrialization
Social conditions
Pingxiang (Jiangxi Sheng, China) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Pingxiang (Jiangxi Sheng, China) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Pingxiang (Jiangxi Sheng, China) > History > 19th century.
China > Pingxiang (Jiangxi Sheng)
History
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Scratching the Dirt, Digging the Rocks: The Economy and Technology of Late Imperial Era Pingxiang County
  • The Setting: Life in “Duckweed Townshipâ€? and “Peaceful Springâ€?
  • Family Farming Strategies: Subsistence through Self-Exploitation
  • Mining Strategies and Technology
  • Local Markets and the Furtherance of Subsistence
  • Local Coal Production and Regional and International Markets
  • 2. Relatives, Clansmen, and Neighbors: Local Politics on the Eve of Mechanization
  • €œOur ancestors moved to the mountain regionâ€?Landholding Incomes and Tenancy Costs
  • Shaking the Money Tree: Mountain Lords and Mining Labor
  • Resistance and Negotiation: Using Elder Brothers to Fight Paternalism
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Self-Strengthening Up Above and Reorganizing Down Below
  • Late Imperial Reversals on Mining: Hands-Off Becomes Bureaucratized
  • Sheng Xuanhuaiâ€?s Managers
  • A New Plan: Direct Control
  • 4. Irrevocably Remapping the County
  • Taking the Peopleâ€?s Livelihood: Purchasing the Mines
  • Trains, Schools, and Fengshui: Purchasing the Railroad PropertyIrrevocable Land Sales: Leaving the People Outside Looking In
  • 5. Mechanization of the Coalmines: Tearing Down and Building Up
  • Constructing Anyuan: The “Flourishing and Fast-Pacedâ€? Town
  • The Railroad: Delivering Kerosene and Breaking Rice Bowls
  • The Managerial Center and Living Spaces: “Right royal times they hadâ€?
  • Labor Bosses and Labor Life
  • The Lows and Very Lows of Modernization: The Fall of the Hanyeping Coal and Iron Company, Incorporated
  • 6. Social Atomization and Local Resistance: Divergent Desires and Strategies of Elites and WorkersOpposing the Greedy Wolf: Elite Resistance
  • “Local Hooligansâ€?: Commoner Negotiations and Unrest
  • Conclusion: Great Undertakings around the Globe
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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