Meeting Technology's Advance: Social Change in China and Zimbabwe in the Railway Age, Vol. 34 FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this first comparative look at China and Zimbabwe, Gao explores the interplay between technological advance and social change in a colonial context. Emphasizing indigenous efforts and abilities to absorb the new technology, he offers an original investigation into the dynamic process and complex social consequences of railway development in non-Western societies.
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A comparative study of the impact of the railway on China and
Zimbabwe, exploring the interplay between transportation advances and
social change in non-Western countries. Analyzes the transfer and
application of Western transport technology using Headrick's notion
of "technical imperialism" and Robinson's notion of "railway
imperialism," and looks at how the use of indigenous workers set the
stage for local resisters, arguing that the negative and positive
effects of colonialism on non-Western societies were inseparable from
the beginning.
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