Author : Robert Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis France and the Exploitation of China, 1885-1901 by : Robert Lee
Download or read book France and the Exploitation of China, 1885-1901 written by Robert Lee and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of the development of the French imperial mission in China from 1885 to 1900. French industry and capital contributed to the construction of the great Fort Arthur naval base, and the Beijing-Hankou railway, and paid for much of Russia's encroachment in Manchuria. By 1900, French interests were diffused throughout China. Lee demonstrates France's preference for a policy of economic penetration rather than the establishment of a territorial "sphere of interest," and evokes a remarkable period of European territorial acquisitiveness and competition.