The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and Its Modern Fate

ISBN-13: 9781138405745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Donald B. Wagner

Opis

This work explores the economic history of the traditional Chinese iron industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on the interactions among technological, economic and geographic factors. It examines such upheavals as foreign competition, war and revolution.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The changing economic geography of the traditional Chinese iron industry; Chapter 3 Traditional Chinese iron production techniques; Chapter 4 Small-scale ironworks of the mountains of Dabieshan; Chapter 5 Large-scale ironworks in Sichuan; Chapter 6 Crucible smelting in Shanxi; Chapter 7 Large- and small-scale ironworks in Guangdong; Chapter 8 Concluding remarks;