Coal mining in China's economy and society, 1895-1937 - Wright, Tim, 1948- (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984)
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. The growth of the coal industry: 2. The factors of production; 3. Modernisation and dualism: the technology of the production and distribution of Chinese coal; 4. The growth and composition of demand; 5. The geographical pattern of growth; 6. The temporal pattern of growth; Part II. Coal mining in Chinese politics and society: 7. Foreign investment in the coal industry; 8. Chinese entrepreneurs and the Chinese state; 9. The working and living conditions of the Chinese coal miner; 10. The labour movement; 11. Conclusion: the coal industry in China's modern history; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 226-239.
Keywords: Coal trade -- China -- History; Coal mines and mining -- China -- History; China -- Coal industries, 1895-1937