| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Fruce A. Elleman, Elisabeth Köll, and Y. Tak Matsusaka -- The Chinese Eastern Railway from the first Sino-Japanese War until the Russo-Japanese War / S.C.M. Paine -- Japan's South Manchuria Railway Company in northeast China, 1906-34 / Y. Tak Matsusaka -- Sino-Soviet tensions and Soviet administrative control over the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1917-25 / Bruce A Elleman -- Railway as political catalyst : the Chinese Eastern Railway and the 1929 Sino-soviet conflict / Felix Patrikeeff -- Technology transfer in modern China : the case of railway enterprises in central Chin and Manchuria / Chang Jui-te -- chinese railroads, local society and foreign presence : the Tianjin-Pukou Line in pre-1949 Shandong / Elisabeth Köll -- Railways in communist strategy and operations in Manchuria, 1945-48 / Harold M. Tanner -- Return of the Chinese Changchun Railway to china by the USSR / Zhang Shengfa -- Epilogue : rivers of steel : Manchuria's railways as a natural extension of the sea lines of communication / Bruce A. Elleman. |
| Summary |
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 critcal 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Railroads -- China -- Manchuria -- History -- 20th century.
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Railroads. |
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China -- Manchuria. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Manchuria (China) -- History -- 20th century.
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China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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China. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Elleman, Bruce A., 1959-
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Kotkin, Stephen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Manchurian railways and the opening of China. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2010 9780765625144 (DLC) 2009020607 (OCoLC)340995334 |
| ISBN |
9780765625168 (electronic book) |
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0765625164 (electronic book) |
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1282554875 |
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9781282554870 |
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9780765625144 |
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0765625148 |
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0765625156 |
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9780765625151 |
| Standard No. |
9786612554872 |
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