INFRASTRUCTURAL GLOBALIZATION: LIGHTING THE CHINA COAST, 1860s–1930s

• Published in: The Historical journal Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 431 - 458
• Main Author: BICKERS, ROBERT
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.06.2013
• Subjects: 19th century; China; Chinese; Coastal areas; Coasts; Comparative analysis; Customs; Globalization; Government; Government Agencies; Infrastructure; Lighthouses; Maritime history; Migration; Peoples Republic of China; Politics; Public infrastructure; Safety; Services; Technological change; Technology Transfer; China

This article calls for attention to be paid to the infrastructures that underpinned nineteenth-century globalization, and the use of better-known technological developments and global patterns of professional migration. It does so by outlining the work of the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritim...