The Dragon and the Iron Horse / Ralph William Huenemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huenemann, Ralph William, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 109.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--China--History.

Railroads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1984.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1984.

Summary:

"The first systematic economic analysis of China's prewar railway development ... provides significant contributions to the study of railroad economics ... includes a substantial case study in the field of 'imperialism' in which the effects of foreign investment in Chinese railroads are described and evaluated in great detail." Huenemann addresses the political and diplomatic climate in which China's railroads were built, probes the economics of those railroads, and assesses the impact of outsiders and the gains and losses China experienced.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Policy Conundrum

The Tempo of Construction, 1876-1937

Skinning the Ox Twice

The Structure of Railroad Costs

The Causes of Financial Distress

Assessing the Economic Benefits

Conclusions

Detailed Construction Data

Yields on Chinese Sterling Railway Bonds of 1899-1913: Notes and Sources for Table 7

Estimating the True Interest Rates on Chinese Railway Loans, 1898-1914: Notes and Sources for Table 10

The Impact of Foreign-Exchange Fluctuations on Railway Debt Payments: Notes and Sources for Table 32

Estimating the Railway Traffic in China: Notes and Sources for Table 33

Notes

Bibliography

General Glossary

Place-Name Glossary

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Maps on lining papers.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-243-8

OCLC:

559746023

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172436 DOI