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Becker, Bert.

France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930maritime competition and imperial power /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930by Bert Becker.
Reminder of title:	maritime competition and imperial power /
Author:	Becker, Bert.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021.
Description:	xv, 484 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	ShippingSouth China Sea.
Subject:	South China Sea RegionStrategic aspects.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52604-7
ISBN:	9783030526047$q(electronic bk.)

France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930maritime competition and imperial power /
Becker, Bert.

France and Germany in the South China Sea, c. 1840-1930maritime competition and imperial power /[electronic resource] :by Bert Becker. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021. - xv, 484 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies,2635-1633. - Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies..

1. Introduction -- 2. Imperialism and Migrations: Europeans in East Asia, 1840s-1885 -- 3. Colonial Infrastructure: The River Shipping Network of Tonkin, 1886-1906 -- 4. Cooperation and Competition: Shipping Trades in the South China Sea, 1880s-1910 -- 5. Colonial Burden: French Kwang-chow-wan and the Postal Steamer Service, 1890s-1918 -- 6, Colonial Haiphong: Extravagances and Diversifications, 1907-1920s -- 7. Conclusion.

This book explores imperial power and the transnational encounters of shipowners and merchants in the South China Sea from 1840 to 1930. With British Hong Kong and French Indochina on its northern and western shores, the 'Asian Mediterranean' was for almost a century a crucible of power and an axis of economic struggle for coastal shipping companies from various nations. Merchant steamers shipped cargoes and passengers between ports of the region. Hong Kong, the global port city, and the colonial ports of Saigon and Haiphong developed into major hubs for the flow of goods and people, while Guangzhouwan survived as an almost forgotten outpost of Indochina. While previous research in this field has largely remained within the confines of colonial history, this book uses the examples of French and German companies operating in the South China Sea to demonstrate the extent to which transnational actors and business networks interacted with imperial power and the process of globalisation. Bert Becker is Associate Professor in Modern European History at the University of Hong Kong. He has written prize-winning biographies on Georg Michaelis, the German chancellor of 1917, and Michael Jebsen, shipowner and politician in Imperial Germany. His research interests include the maritime and business histories of Hong Kong, China and Vietnam.

ISBN: 9783030526047$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-52604-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

898027
Shipping
--South China Sea.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

741164
South China Sea Region
--Strategic aspects.

LC Class. No.: HE571

Dewey Class. No.: 387.50916472

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