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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thorben PelzerPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 52 Weight: 0.613kg ISBN: 9789004549470ISBN 10: 9004549471 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 26 July 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Glossary of Recurring Civil Engineers Note on Transcriptions Introduction Open Roads in China 1 Historical Background 2 The Segment of US-Trained Civil Engineers 3 “Specialized but Equally Ordinary Men” 4 Engineering and Its Discontents 5 Chapter Overview 1 Nationalism and the Cosmopolitical Education Overseas, 1905–1918 1 Early Ways Into the United States 2 Engineering Education 3 Engineering Practice 4 The Cosmopolitan Dimension 5 The National Dimension 6 Bringing the Profession Home 7 Conclusion 2 Financial Constraint The Grand Canal Board, 1918–1922 1 A Transnational Venture 2 Recruiting a Team 3 Surveying an Unstable Environment 4 The Money Goes Astray 5 Solidarity—The Yellow River Bridge Controversy 6 Frustration—Huai River Improvement Schemes 7 Conclusion 3 Political Dependency Wang Jingchun at the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1919–1924 1 The Nationalist Paradigm 2 The Efficiency Paradigm 3 Wang Jingchun’s Ascend to Power 4 The Chinese Eastern—“A Railroad Born in Sin” 5 The Wang–Ostroumov Dyad 6 The End of Expert Management 7 Conclusion 4 The Visible College The Early Association of Chinese & American Engineers, 1919–1927 1 Formation and Organizational Makeup 2 Functions of the Association and Its Journal 3 Ethics and Socialization 4 Career Opportunities 5 Network for Collaboration 6 Transnational Friendship 7 Conclusion 5 Cohesion and Exclusion The Relief Commission Paves the Provinces, 1926–1934 1 “Good Roads” and Labor Relief 2 Contested Authority in Yunnan 3 Guizhou—The Strong State 4 Guizhou—Mass Mobilization 5 Guizhou—Beneficiaries and Burden Bearers 6 Continuities Between Xi’an and Lanzhou 7 Conclusion 6 Demise without Exhaustion The Withdrawal of US Engineers, 1928–194 1 Early Troubles of the ACAE 2 Support for the Command Economy 3 The Resurrection of the ACAE 4 Crisis of Repute—The Salaqi Irrigation Project 5 The Militarization of Civil Engineering 6 The Plight of US Engineers 7 Conclusion 7 Wartime Engineering Ling Hongxun under Pressure, 1932–1945 1 A Career Start of Ups and Downs 2 Abortive Western Expansions 3 From Guangzhou to Hankou: Cutting Time 4 Lessons Learnt and Lessons Dealt 5 Drawbacks of the Strong State 6 The Xinjiang–Gansu Railway 7 Conclusion 8 Conclusion 1 Summary 2 Findings 3 Implications 4 Outlook 5 Coda: Loose Ends Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationThorben Pelzer, Dr. (2022), Leipzig University, is a postdoc researcher in Chinese history at that university. He has published monographs, essays, and datasets on China, including 100 Karten über China (Katapult, 2022) and Einstieg in die Chinastudien (De Gruyter, 2019). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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