Article ID: CBB001451914

The Search for Coal in the Age of Empires: Ferdinand von Richthofen's Odyssey in China, 1860--1920 (2014)

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The article explores the history of industrialization in China with a focus on German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen and his travels and geological research on coal and mineral surveying. The author reflects on the relationship between economic development and imperialism. Other topics include cartography, control of Chinese coal, and business development in the late Qing dynasty era.

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Authors & Contributors
Wu, Shellen Xiao
Akerman, James R.
Bala, Poonam
Cheang, Sarah
Dudley, Leonard
Kim, Hoi-Eun
Journals
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Environmental History
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Journal of British Studies
Journal of Global History
Publishers
Stanford University Press
University of Chicago Press
Princeton University
Columbia University
Cambridge University Press
Boydell Press
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Imperialism
Industrialization
Coal and coal mining
Colonialism
Geology
People
Richthofen, Ferdinand von
Schlagintweit, Brothers
Weiss, Fritz Max
Weiss-Sonnenburg, Hedwig Margarete
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
China
Germany
Japan
India
Africa
Brazil
Institutions
East India Company (English)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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