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A Study On Changsha Industrial Heritage As Viewed From Historial Value

Posted on:2011-03-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R DuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330332479449Subject:China's modern history
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The failure of the Opium War in 1840, Qing Empire suddenly awakened from self-satisfaction and was forced face with this so-called "millennium not the change in the situation," Manchao started look for civil and military power road. In the policy of "controller of the device," "restrict them", Qing government attempted to introduce modern Western industrial, but failed to save the tottering Manchu regime at last. This objective while filled the modern industrialization of China embarked on the road. Numerous factories were built in the cities along the coast or inland cities, the traditional handicrafts was gradual disintegrated, social structure was sudden changed, China has embarked on with its own characteristics of modern industrialization. From the perspective of history, modern and contemporary concepts of the two texts only means more than a hundred of year. But during this time, the modem industrial system in China was established from scratch, small to large, both of them supported the social development. Today, Chinese land leaved many different kinds of heritage-the "industrial heritage." Different periods of the industrial heritage is an important part of cultural heritage, is a sign of the times, bearing the deep historical and cultural connotations, we can not ignored the unique value of them. Unfortunately, the long-term lack of social attention to industrial heritage, or even demolished, destroyed, the situation was not optimistic.This article selected major city in recent history, but also a modern industrial city of late-Changsha, as case of study, from the historical value of the macro point of view, introduced the category of Marxist philosophy on the existence of the three forms in historical value (the value of the material carriers, social and political values, spiritual and cultural values), took the city since the beginning of modern industrialization after 1895, which left a series of important industrial heritages as the object of study. In the combing process of Changsha, the development of modern industry, based on the value of exploring industrial heritage perspective in the history of the value to human and social development, and proposed protective measures.The article is divided into seven parts, the first is an introduction, including the topics of the background, purpose and significance, review of research, theories. The second part reviewed of Changsha modern and contemporary industrial history The third part based on the theory of physical carrier value, clarifed the existing major industrial estate in Changsha, found the value of display as a physical earrier of information. The fourth part took the first mill of Hunan Province industrial site, Changsha South Railway Station site as examples, reflected the social political information. The fifth part extracted the commonality of human memories in industrial period, to showed the industrial heritage of the people, culture, life, spiritual significance. Partâ…¥is about the protection and usage of industrial heritage. Partâ…¦is a summary and outlook section. This article attempted to introduce the historical value and classification of the value to industrial heritage study, and also a new way to research industrial heritage from historical perspective.
Keywords/Search Tags:Changsha, Industrial heritage, Historical value
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