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Title: SHEN PAO-CHEN AND CHINA'S MODERNIZATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
By: David Pong, Patrick Hannan, Denis Twitchett
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0521531268
ISBN 13: 9780521531269
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 9 December, 2002
Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature & Institutions
Pages: 416
Description: A look at the life of Shen Pao-chen who devoted his life to building China's first modern naval dockyard and academy.
Synopsis: 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.
Illustrations: 1 b/w illus. 2 maps 6 tables
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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