Railroads and the Transformation of China

Railroads and the Transformation of China
Author: Elisabeth Köll
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2019-01-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674368177


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To convey modern China’s history and the forces driving its economic success, rail has no equal. From warlordism to Cultural Revolution, railroads suffered the country’s ills but persisted because they were exemplary institutions. Elisabeth Köll shows why they remain essential to the PRC’s technocratic economic model for China’s future.