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March 18, 2026German History

Coal Colonialism: Envirotechnical Infrastructures and Transactions between Germans and Chinese in Shandong, 1897–1914

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MMMartin Meiske

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Overview

Historical analysis reveals complex coal and railway dynamics in Shandong, indicating the interplay of colonial interests and local resistance.

Key Points

  • This research aims to reconstruct the historical interplay between German coal colonialism and local Chinese interests in Shandong.
  • Historical reconstruction of German coal colonialism and sociotechnical imaginaries.
  • Analysis of railway construction and maintenance in Shandong.
  • Examination of colonial transactions and intersecting mobilities during German rule.
  • Identified complex interactions between German colonial visions and Chinese resource management.
  • Showed how local opposition and foreign competition weakened German dominance.
  • Highlighted the entangled relationship between railways and coal mining in shaping colonial dynamics.

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Martin Meiske (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba428e4e9516ffd37a2e8fhttps://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghag003
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