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Industrial Heritage And Local Social Changes In Wuhan

Posted on:2011-03-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X B XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2132330332979431Subject:China's modern history
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Since the Qing, the Westernization Movement was first introduced to the Western modern industrial technology, the modern industry in China has gone through more than 150 years of history. Experienced from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, to the new China, the efforts of several generations of industry people, and today we are going quickly to build new road of industrialization on society. Unfortunately, those who have been brilliant to witness the country's modernization, industrialization from scratch, from small to large historical process of the different characteristics of industrial sites, along with accelerating the construction of urban renewal and industrial layout adjustment, or be eroded, destroyed, or replaced by a whole, are rapidly disappearing from our sight.Industrial heritage is the remains of industrial civilization, they are not useless waste, nor is it fun for people to antiques. Industrial civilization as a witness, along with the times, social changes, historical evolution and cultural heritage. Any historical period, any place, in contact with, accept and carry out the process of industrialization inevitably mixed a distinctive local characteristics, can be said that the process of industrialization of a region and the local social changes, historical evolution, cultural heritage is closely Inseparable. Thus, the social changes associated with the formation of the industrial heritage, as a symbolic response to a city of profound changes and social changes. To retain these symbols, which is to retain the history of the city, retaining the style of the city, retaining the memory of those who witnessed the urban change.Wuhan commandeered the central experience of the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and new China, China's social development of each stage plays an important role in the development have now become an important industrial and commercial center. Sustained, rapid industrialization and urbanization, have been made to promote economic development in Wuhan, but inevitably bring a lot of valuable industrial heritage has been dismantled and abandoned.Based on the analysis of Wuhan context of industrial development and modern industrial heritage of the stock of detailed investigation, sketched a description of Wuhan, the industrial heritage status map, and as a basis to analyze the process of social change associated with industrialization to the people Changes brought about at the same time confirms the important value of industrial heritage. To make a few points on the recommendations of Wuhan Industrial Heritage.
Keywords/Search Tags:Modern China, Industrial Heritage, Social Change, Industrialization
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