| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 283 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Business, Innovation & Society in Asia
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Business, Innovation & Society in Asia.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255) and index. |
| Contents |
Content; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Romanization and Measures; 1. Introduction; 2. Chinese Business Institutions in a New Historical Environment; 3. The Making of a Business Empire, 1920-1937; 4. The Legacy of the Comprador System: Coal Distribution and Wharf Operations; 5. Business under Corporate Structure: The Shanghai Portland Cement Works; 6. Market, Monopoly, and the State: The Match-Manufacturing Enterprise; 7. The Attraction of Banking: The China Development Bank; 8. Conclusion: Zhangfang, Nucleus of Chinese Business; Notes; Selected Bibliography. |
| Summary |
This book examines the relationship between business expansion and the structure of business in pre-war China through a careful and pioneering study of the enterprises of Liu Hongsheng during the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Liu, Hongsheng, 1888-1956.
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Liu, Hongsheng, 1888-1956. |
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Businessmen -- China -- Biography.
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Businessmen. |
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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
China -- Commerce -- History.
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Commerce. |
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History. |
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China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1912-1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Chan, Kai Yiu. Business expansion and structural change in pre-war China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2007277069 |
| ISBN |
9789888052080 (electronic book) |
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988805208X (electronic book) |
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9789622097643 |
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9622097642 |
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