Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. The growth of the coal industry: 2. The factors of production; 3. Modernisation and dualism: the technology of the production and distribution of Chinese coal; 4. The growth and composition of demand; 5. The geographical pattern of growth; 6. The temporal pattern of growth; Part II. Coal mining in Chinese politics and society: 7. Foreign investment in the coal industry; 8. Chinese entrepreneurs and the Chinese state; 9. The working and living conditions of the Chinese coal miner; 10. The labour movement; 11. Conclusion: the coal industry in China's modern history; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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This book provides an important contribution to the economic history of modern China.