Stephen C Thomas

Foreign Intervention And China's Industrial Development, 1870-1911 Stephen C Thomas 1. Painos

Many recent studies argue that domestic factors such as corruption, nepotism, and Confucian traditions of government and society prevented the industrial enterprises initiated by China from 1870 to 1911 from achieving success. Dr. Thomas takes a different view, showing that foreign intervention had more influence than purely domestic concerns on the nation’s industrialization efforts.