Bruce Elleman, Stephen Kotkin

Manchurian Railways and the Opening of China

An International History: An International History

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the Imperial Russian capital of St. Petersburg to the Pacific port of Vladivostok transited Manchuria. A spur line from the Manchurian city of Harbin led south to ice-free Port Arthur. Control of these two rail lines gave Imperial Russia military, economic, and political advantages that excited rivalry on the part of Japan and unease on the part of weak and divided China. Meanwhile, the effort to defend and retain that strategic hold against rising Japanese power strained distant Moscow. Control of the Manchurian railways was contested in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5; Japan's 1931 invasion and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo; the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in Asia; and, the Chinese civil war that culminated in the Communist victory over the Nationalists. Today, the railways are critical to plans for development of China's sparsely populated interior. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore this fascinating history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780765625151
• ISBN-10: 0765625156
• Artikelnr.: 28114376

Autorenporträt

Bruce A. Elleman, Stephen Kotkin

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Bruce A. Elleman
Elisabeth Köll
Y. Tak Matsusaka; Part I Competing Railway Imperialisms; Chapter 1 The Chinese Eastern Railway from the First Sino-Japanese War until the Russo-Japanese War
S.C.M. Paine; Chapter 2 Japan's South Manchuria Railway Company in Northeast China
1906-34
Y. Tak Matsusaka; Chapter 3 Sino-Soviet Tensions and Soviet Administrative Control over the Chinese Eastern Railway
1917-25
Bruce A. Elleman; Chapter 4 Railway as Political Catalyst: The Chinese Eastern Railway and the 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict
Felix Patrikeeff; Part II Competing Railway Nationalisms; Chapter 5 Technology Transfer in Modern China: The Case of Railway Enterprises in Central China and Manchuria
Chang Jui-te; Chapter 6 Chinese Railroads
Local Society
and Foreign Presence: The Tianjin-Pukou Line in pre-1949
Shandong
Elisabeth Köll; Chapter 7 Railways in Communist Strategy and Operations in Manchuria
1945-48
Harold M. Tanner; Chapter 8 Return of the Chinese Changchun Railway to China by the USSR
Zhang Shengfa; epi Epilogue
Bruce A. Elleman;