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Make a Living: Agriculture, Industry and Commerce in Eastern Hebei, 1870-1937 Fuming Wang Iowa State University
Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1998 Make a living: agriculture, industry and commerce in Eastern Hebei, 1870-1937 Fuming Wang Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Agriculture Commons, Asian History Commons, Economic History Commons, and the Other History Commons Recommended Citation Wang, Fuming, "Make a living: agriculture, industry and commerce in Eastern Hebei, 1870-1937 " (1998). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 11819. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/11819 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly fi'om the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter &c&, while others may be fi-om any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely afiect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. -
On the Road to a Modern City: New Transportation Technology and Urban Transformation of Tianjin, 1860-1937 a Dissertation Submi
ON THE ROAD TO A MODERN CITY: NEW TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION OF TIANJIN, 1860-1937 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BY Kan Li IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Liping Wang, Ann Waltner June 2020 © Kan Li 2020 Abstract After the northern Chinese city of Tianjin was opened as a treaty port in 1860, the steamship, railroad, and electric tramway were introduced into the city in rapid succession. The adoption of modern transportation technologies enabled Tianjin to occupy a crucial position in the emerging national and global transport and trade networks, Tianjin thus became one of a few cities that made the transition from a traditional commercial city on the Grand Canal to a modern seaport and railroad hub. Instead of taking a city’s modernity for granted, this dissertation examines how the physical forms of modernity came into being in Tianjin by connecting these processes to the adoption of new technologies and the building of national and international networks of transportation. Studying Tianjin from this angle, this dissertation sheds light on why, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a select few cities thrived even as China as a whole was struggling economically and politically. While fundamentally transforming Tianjin’s status, these new transport technologies also led to unintended consequences, which revealed the contingencies in modernization and the complexity of the Chinese modernity. In order to make the port of Tianjin a high-capacity, reliable harbor for large steamships, the river connecting Tianjin with the sea was drastically reshaped during the first two decades of the twentieth century. -
The Battle for China: the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Cold
THE BATTLE FOR CHINA: THE U.S. NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1944-1949 A Dissertation by JONATHAN BLACKSHEAR CHAVANNE Submitted to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Chair of Committee, James C. Bradford Committee Members, Olga Dror Jason C. Parker D. Bruce Dickson S.C.M. Paine Head of Department, David Vaught December 2016 Major Subject: History Copyright 2016 Jonathan Blackshear Chavanne ABSTRACT The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ long history in China before World War II was a prelude to a little known struggle. In the aftermath of Japan’s surrender in August 1945, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps embarked on a complex series of operations to rescue Allied prisoners of war, stabilize North China, and repatriate millions of Japanese soldiers and civilians. The more than 50,000 Marines and over a hundred vessels of the U.S. Seventh Fleet committed to China repatriated over three million Japanese and transported 200,000 Chinese Nationalist soldiers to North China. While doing so, they became enmeshed in the complex military and political landscape that was the Chinese Civil War. Over the next four years, U.S. Navy leaders, intent on reestablishing the longstanding presence and strategic role of the Navy in China, opposed efforts by the U.S. Army and State Department to withdraw all U.S. forces from the vast country. From 1944 to 1949, a core group of civilian and naval leaders worked steadily to shore up Nationalist China in the face of a growing and intractable Chinese Communist Party. -
Future Land Development Holdings Limited 新城發展控股有限公司
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. Future Land Development Holdings Limited 新城發展控股有限公司 (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock Code: 1030) UNAUDITED OPERATING STATISTICS AND LAND ACQUISITION INFORMATION FOR JUNE 2019 Unaudited Operating Statistics The board (the “Board”) of directors (the “Directors”) of Future Land Development Holdings Limited (the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) is pleased to announce that in June 2019, the Group achieved contracted sales of approximately RMB29,549 million, and contracted sales area of approximately 2,533,500 sq.m. The aggregate contracted sales of January to June 2019 amounted to approximately RMB122,418 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 28.44%. The aggregate sales area was approximately 10,495,200 sq.m., representing a year-on-year increase of 35.50%. LAND ACQUISITION A subsidiary of the Company obtained the land parcel No. Jin Ning (Gua) 2019-08* (津寧(掛) 2019-08號) in Tianjin City by way of open tender auction. The land parcel is located to the south of Guangming Road, Lutai Town, Ninghe District, Tianjin City* (天津市寧河區蘆台鎮光明路南 側). It is planned for residential use and occupies a transferred land area of 28,665.80 sq.m. with a plot ratio of ≤2.0. Land premium of RMB134,500,000 shall be paid by the Group. -
Utilization State and Protection Project in Tianjin Geothermal Area
Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2010 Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010 Utilization State and Protection Project in Tianjin Geothermal Area Lin Li, Sun Baocheng, Liu Jiulong, Zhao Sumin, Wang Xinyi Tianjin Geothermal Exploration and Development-Designing Institute Add: 189,Wei Guo Road He Dong District Tianjin,China [email protected] Keywords:Tianjin geothermal resources, exploitation and standard), 25℃ geothermal water is the geothermal utilization, protection project resources the lowest temperature [3], then above-mentioned seven geothermal fields with geothermal fluid exploitable ABSTRACT reserves amounting for 5997×104 m3/a, among them, This report is based on exploitation and utilization data of Neogene sandstone porosity reservoir geothermal fluid geothermal resources in Tianjin, and is aimed at the existing exploitable reserves measuring 3983×104 m3/a, and problems such as the lack of a unified plan, low utilization bedrock fracture-karst reservoir of geothermal fluid ratios and low reinjection ratios. Several counter measures exploitable reserves amounting to 2014×104m3/a. are put forward, which include subarea management, gross control, intensity control, utilization mode control and 2. EXPLOITATION AND UTILIZATION SITUATION distribution optimization. According to the measures, the Last century in the 70's, under the famous geologist and geothermal area is divided into 4 types: confined Professor Li Siguang, Tianjin began to exploit geothermal exploitation zone, controlled exploitation zone, encouraged resources on a large scale. To date formed a geothermal exploitation zone and exploring zone. Then some respective resources city with most highly studying degree, maximal protective aims and measures are carried out for the exploitation and utilization scale. At present Tianjin sustained exploitation and utilization of geothermal geothermal resources exploitation and utilization is mainly resources. -
Railway Engineering
1 CHAPTER 1: RAILWAY ENGINEERING DAMAGE TO RAILWAY ENGINEERING Liao Shuqiao and Gu Zuoqin* I. Introduction There were four trunk lines: Beijing to Shanhaiguan, Tianjin to Pukou, Tongxian to Tuozitou and Tianjin to Jixian and more than 100 branch lines including Tangshan to Zunhua, Hangu to Nanbao, etc. and there were special lines for mines and factories in the Tangshan region. The distribution of railways and seismic intensity is shown in Fig. 1. The Beijing to Shanhaiguan Line, a Class I trunk line, was constructed by Britain and Japan in 1887, had a total length of 414.5 kilometers, all double lines. It was an important trunk line between the Northeast and the North, and the Northeast and central part of China. After the liberation rebuilding or reinforcing of some railway facilities of this line was done, consequently, the design standard, structural type and material, design data, and geology and foundation of this line were not known. Crossing the Jidong Plain the Beijing to Shanhaiguan Line was mainly laid on a smooth terrain of alluvium and diluvium with loose saturated fine sand stratum locally. The Tongxian to Tuozitou Line, a Class I trunk line with a total length of 189.8 kilometers, was constructed from 1973 to 1976. To the west of Fengrun Station was smooth terrain and to the east was hilly land with better geological conditions and deep ground water. The design standards, type of structure and material of the trunk line and branch line constructed after the liberation were uniform. All railway engineering in the Tangshan region was done with no consideration for earthquake resistant design. -
CHAPTER 3: EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY Yang Lihua*
171 CHAPTER 3: EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION AND GROUND FAILURE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION OF THE TANGSHAN EARTHQUAKE Yang Lihua* Macroscopic intensities in the M7.8 Tangshan earthquake (including the M7.1 Luanxian earthquake) were comprehensively evaluated according to the New Chinese Seismic Intensity Scale combined with the damage characteristics of industrial facilities, foundations and geomorphic conditions in the Tangshan seismic zone. The following four criteria of macroscopic intensities are used: (1) Damage to buildings. This is the main criterion for the evaluation of intensity due to the wide distribution, large amount, and various types of buildings. (2) Damage to smokestacks and brick water tanks, etc. Brick smokestacks and brick water tanks are rather widely distributed in the industrial area of Tangshan, and their damage characteristics may reflect the seriousness of the destruction. (3) Ground failure. Earthquake causative tectonics and ground dislocation in high inten- sity areas are a significant basis for intensity ratings of XI and X areas. Considering that there will be little basis for evaluating intensity if the total or majority of the buildings recol- lapsed the primary ground failure naturally becomes the main criterion for rating. But ground failure induced by soil liquefaction, such as sand boils and waterspouts, local ground subsidence, secondary ground fissures, etc., could not be used as criteria for evaluating high intensities. Therefore, in order to use the damage to railways and bridges as a criterion for high intensity rating we should consider what type of foundation the railway or bridge was built. In the case of unliquefied areas, the local S-shaped bent rails and damage to bridges can be used as a reference criteria for evaluating high intensities; but in liquefied areas, the damage can only be used as an index of degree of liquefaction, but not for evaluating intensity.