Railroads and the Transformation of China

Elisabeth Köll is the William Payden Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

出版者:Harvard University Press

作者:Elisabeth Köll

页数:288

出版时间:2019-1-1

价格:GBP 31.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780674368170

图书标签:铁路近代史历史柯丽莎中国研究铁路史物质文化史交通

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As a vehicle to convey both the history of modern China and the complex forces still driving the nation’s economic success, rail has no equal. Railroads and the Transformation of China is the first comprehensive history, in any language, of railroad operation from the last decades of the Qing Empire to the present.

China’s first fractured lines were built under semicolonial conditions by competing foreign investors. The national system that began taking shape in the 1910s suffered all the ills of the country at large: warlordism and Japanese invasion, Chinese partisan sabotage, the Great Leap Forward when lines suffered in the “battle for steel,” and the Cultural Revolution, during which Red Guards were granted free passage to “make revolution” across the country, nearly collapsing the system. Elisabeth Köll’s expansive study shows how railroads survived the rupture of the 1949 Communist revolution and became an enduring model of Chinese infrastructure expansion.

The railroads persisted because they were exemplary bureaucratic institutions. Through detailed archival research and interviews, Köll builds case studies illuminating the strength of rail administration. Pragmatic management, combining central authority and local autonomy, sustained rail organizations amid shifting political and economic priorities. As Köll shows, rail provided a blueprint for the past forty years of ambitious, semipublic business development and remains an essential component of the PRC’s politically charged, technocratic economic model for China’s future.

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柯麗莎老師洋洋灑灑寫了一本“中國鐵路百年發展史”.延續之前的思路.將鐵路系統看作“制度”去討論.以津浦线为线索,討論鐵路行政部門建立的同時,形成中央與地方有關權力分配的問題.除此之外.更多是關注鐵路所影響到的“人”的生活,購地.教育制度.規訓.工程師群體出現等等現象,都以活生生的例子來反映.看到最後有點內心澎湃激動啊hhhh

非常好的话题。以铁路发展为棱镜，观察中国在二十世纪的变迁。可以带出全球史，商业史，技术史，制度史等多个视角。遗憾的是，读起来感觉作者并没有成功地讲好这个故事，多少有些归于平淡了，仿佛只是串联起来了关于铁路的各种细节的侧面而已。或许是时间（100+年）和地域（三条铁路，从南到北）的覆盖面都太广了？无法在一本书里参透？有时间后，会看一下关于美国、日本等铁路发展与工业化的书，或许会调整打分。

非常好的话题。以铁路发展为棱镜，观察中国在二十世纪的变迁。可以带出全球史，商业史，技术史，制度史等多个视角。遗憾的是，读起来感觉作者并没有成功地讲好这个故事，多少有些归于平淡了，仿佛只是串联起来了关于铁路的各种细节的侧面而已。或许是时间（100+年）和地域（三条铁路，从南到北）的覆盖面都太广了？无法在一本书里参透？有时间后，会看一下关于美国、日本等铁路发展与工业化的书，或许会调整打分。

柯麗莎老師洋洋灑灑寫了一本“中國鐵路百年發展史”.延續之前的思路.將鐵路系統看作“制度”去討論.以津浦线为线索,討論鐵路行政部門建立的同時,形成中央與地方有關權力分配的問題.除此之外.更多是關注鐵路所影響到的“人”的生活,購地.教育制度.規訓.工程師群體出現等等現象,都以活生生的例子來反映.看到最後有點內心澎湃激動啊hhhh

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