The Mandarin-Capitalists from Nanyang: Overseas Chinese Enterprise in the Modernisation of China 1893-1911

by Michael R. Godley

Book Overview

The contribution of the overseas Chinese, particularly from Southeast Asia (Nanyang), to China's early modernization constitutes an important and neglected chapter in Chinese history. During the same years which saw the emergence of the Reform and Revolutionary movements, the ruling Manchu government also turned to the overseas Chinese for needed capital and expertise. Exposed to Western values and often successful in capitalist ventures, leading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526957
• ISBN13: 9780521526951
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"