Western Technology and China’s Industrial Development: Steamship Building in Nineteenth-Century China, 1828-1895 - Hsien-ch'un Wang - Books - Palgrave Macmillan - 9781349928033 - April 24, 2022
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Western Technology and China’s Industrial Development: Steamship Building in Nineteenth-Century China, 1828-1895 2022 edition


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This book explores how steam engine technology was transferred into nineteenth-century China in the second half of the nineteenth century by focusing on the transmission of knowledge and skills. It also explores how the Fuzhou Navy Yard’s shipbuilding and training program trained China’s first generation of shipbuilding workers and engineers.


229 pages, 10 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 229 p. 10 illus.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 24, 2022
ISBN13 9781349928033
Publishers Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 229
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   329 g
Language English  

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