Shen Pao-Chen and China's Modernization in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521531269)

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.

Author: David Pong
ISBN-10: 0521531268
ISBN-13: 9780521531269
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2003
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.08w x 1.06d