In this first comparative study of Chinese and Zimbabwean railway experiences, Gao examines the role played by technological progress in generating significant social change. His principal concern is with indigenous people whose efforts to meet this technological advance has been neglected or underestimated.
Gao shows how different cultural traditions, political situations, and individual interests create an attractive variety of local responses to the challenges and opportunities afforded by technology. He not only describes the final consequences of railway development, but emphasizes...
In this first comparative study of Chinese and Zimbabwean railway experiences, Gao examines the role played by technological progress in generating...
The Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949) offers a concise but comprehensive examination of political, military, economic, social, and cultural development of modern China. Instead of focusing merely on the political elites of China, an array of entries in the dictionary are devoted to a variety of significant persons, women and ethnic minorities, new historical concepts, cultural and educational institutions, and economic activities.
The Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949) offers a concise but comprehensive examination of political, military, economic, social, and cul...
