This book provides an important contribution to the economic history of modern China. It examines the history of the coal mining industry - one of China's large

Coal mining is one of China’s largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China’s transition fr

The coal industry has been and continues to be of critical importance for China's economic modernization. With its huge labour force, country-wide infrastructur

This book examines key aspects of China’s coal industry which illustrate the political economy of China’s economic transformation. It sheds light on the bro

Building upon a previous study of Japan's colonial empire, this volume examines the period from 1895 to 1937 when Japan's economic, social, political, and milit