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245 10 a| Engineering troubleh| [electronic resource] :b| US-Chinese experiences of professional discontent, 1905-1945 /c| by Thorben Pelzer.;

246 3 a| United States-Chinese experiences of professional discontent, 1905-1945;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2023];

300 a| xv, 276 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm.;

490 0 a| China studies,x| 1570-1344 ;v| volume 52;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Nationalism and the cosmopolitical: education overseas, 1905-1918 -- Financial constraint: the Grand Canal board, 1918-1922 -- Political dependency: Wang Jingchun at the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1919-1924 -- The visible college: the early association of Chinese & American engineers, 1919-1927 -- Cohesion and exclusion: The Relief Commission paves the provinces, 1926-1934 -- Demise without exhaustion: the withdrawal of US engineers, 1928-1941 -- Wartime engineering: Ling Hongxun under pressure, 1932-1945.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "In the early twentieth century, the first large batch of Chinese civil engineers had graduated from the USA, and together with their American senior colleagues returned to China. They were enthusiastic about reconstructing the young republic by building new railways, highways, and canals, but what the engineers experienced in China, including mismanaged railways, useless highways, and silted canals, did not always meet their expectations and ideals. In this book, Thorben Pelzer makes the stories of these Chinese and American engineers come to life through exploring previously unpublished letters, rare images, maps, and a rich biographical dataset. He argues that the experiences of these engineers include a myriad of contradictions, disillusionment, and discontent, keeping the engineering profession in a constant flux of searching for its meaning and its place in Republican China"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Engineering trouble US-Chinese experiences of professional discontent, 1905-1945 / by Thorben Pelzer.

Author/creator	Pelzer, Thorben
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Description	xv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Civil engineering--China. --History. --20th century. Civil engineering--Social aspects. --China. Civil engineers--China. --Biography. Americans--Employment. --China. --History. --20th century. China--Social conditions. --20th century.

Variant title	United States-Chinese experiences of professional discontent, 1905-1945
Series	China studies, 1570-1344 ; volume 52
Contents	Nationalism and the cosmopolitical: education overseas, 1905-1918 -- Financial constraint: the Grand Canal board, 1918-1922 -- Political dependency: Wang Jingchun at the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1919-1924 -- The visible college: the early association of Chinese & American engineers, 1919-1927 -- Cohesion and exclusion: The Relief Commission paves the provinces, 1926-1934 -- Demise without exhaustion: the withdrawal of US engineers, 1928-1941 -- Wartime engineering: Ling Hongxun under pressure, 1932-1945.
Abstract	"In the early twentieth century, the first large batch of Chinese civil engineers had graduated from the USA, and together with their American senior colleagues returned to China. They were enthusiastic about reconstructing the young republic by building new railways, highways, and canals, but what the engineers experienced in China, including mismanaged railways, useless highways, and silted canals, did not always meet their expectations and ideals. In this book, Thorben Pelzer makes the stories of these Chinese and American engineers come to life through exploring previously unpublished letters, rare images, maps, and a rich biographical dataset. He argues that the experiences of these engineers include a myriad of contradictions, disillusionment, and discontent, keeping the engineering profession in a constant flux of searching for its meaning and its place in Republican China"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023016430
ISBN	9789004549470 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
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