Title France and Germany in the South China Sea, c.1840-1930 : maritime competition and imperial power / Bert Becker

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color) Series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Imperialism and Migrations: Europeans in East Asia, 1840s-1885 -- 3. Colonial Infrastructure: The River Shipping Network of Tonkin, 1886-1906 -- 4. Cooperation and Competition: Shipping Trades in the South China Sea, 1880s-1910 -- 5. Colonial Burden: French Kwang-chow-wan and the Postal Steamer Service, 1890s-1918 -- 6, Colonial Haiphong: Extravagances and Diversifications, 1907-1920s -- 7. Conclusion Summary This book explores imperial power and the transnational encounters of shipowners and merchants in the South China Sea from 1840 to 1930. With British Hong Kong and French Indochina on its northern and western shores, the Asian Mediterranean was for almost a century a crucible of power and an axis of economic struggle for coastal shipping companies from various nations. Merchant steamers shipped cargoes and passengers between ports of the region. Hong Kong, the global port city, and the colonial ports of Saigon and Haiphong developed into major hubs for the flow of goods and people, while Guangzhouwan survived as an almost forgotten outpost of Indochina. While previous research in this field has largely remained within the confines of colonial history, this book uses the examples of French and German companies operating in the South China Sea to demonstrate the extent to which transnational actors and business networks interacted with imperial power and the process of globalisation. Bert Becker is Associate Professor in Modern European History at the University of Hong Kong. He has written prize-winning biographies on Georg Michaelis, the German chancellor of 1917, and Michael Jebsen, shipowner and politician in Imperial Germany. His research interests include the maritime and business histories of Hong Kong, China and Vietnam Notes Print version record Subject Shipping -- South China Sea Merchant marine -- France -- History -- 19th century Merchant marine -- France -- History -- 20th century Merchant marine -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Merchant marine -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Merchant marine Shipping SUBJECT South China Sea Region -- History -- 19th century South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century Subject France Germany South China Sea South China Sea Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030526047 3030526046

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