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Open Doors Christopher Bo Bramsen

Open Doors By Christopher Bo Bramsen

Open Doors by Christopher Bo Bramsen


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This is an intriguing account of expat life in Shanghai's International settlement in the early 20th century and charts the introduction and growth of new western technologies and companies in China.

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Open Doors: Vilhelm Meyer and the Establishment of General Electric in China by Christopher Bo Bramsen

On one level, this is an intriguing account of expat life in Shanghai's International settlement in the early 20th century. On another level is charted the introduction and growth of new western technologies and companies in China. And the backdrop to these stories is early 20th century China itself: the hopes, fears, turmoil and grandeur of the age.

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'In Open Doors, Christopher Bo Bramsen has provided an engagingly written and lavishly illustrated account of Vilhelm Meyer's career and the lifestyle that he and his family experienced during the first three decades of the twentieth century.' - Business History Journal, A Frank Cass Publication


'InOpen Doors, Christopher Bo Bramsen has provided an engagingly written and lavishly illustrated account of Vilhelm Meyer's career and the lifestyle that he and his family experienced during the first three decades of the twentieth century.' - Business History Journal

Table of Contents

One: A Wedding in Shanghai, 1909; Two: The Early Years, 1878-1902; Three: The Call of Shanghai, 1899-1902; Four: Setting a Course for Shanghai, 1902; Five: Young Man in China, 1902-1904; Six: Andersen, Meyer & Company, 1905-1906; Seven: On His Own, 1907-1911; Eight: From Empire to Republic, 1911-1914; Nine: The New York Corporation, 1915; Ten: War and Peace, 19161919; Eleven: Expansion, 1920-1921; Twelve: Years of Crisis, 1921-1923; Thirteen: A New Corporation in Delaware, 1923-1926; Fourteen: Troubled Times, 1926-1929; Fifteen: A Royal Visit, 1930; Sixteen: The Pinnacle of Success, 1930-1931; Seventeen: A Worldwide Enterprise, 1931; Eighteen: Clouds on the Horizon, 1932-1933; Nineteen: The Final Years, 1934-1935; Twenty: Epilogue

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NPB9781138879171
9781138879171
1138879177
Open Doors: Vilhelm Meyer and the Establishment of General Electric in China by Christopher Bo Bramsen
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2015-04-10
336
N/A
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