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Connecting Macro-Regions in the 1930s to the 1960s: A Comparative Historical Survey of the Role of Railway Technology in Coal Delivery in Japan and Northeast China

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In this chapter, I focus on three features. First, I adopt a comparative Sino-Japanese angle in examining coal railway development before moving on to country-specific studies in later chapters. Second, I acquired historical resources like commemorative stamps to reconstruct the historical narrative of railway development through the use of material artefacts. Material artefacts displayed in the museums were important because early modern technologies like steam locomotives are no longer operational in contemporary Japan or Hong Kong. Third, through multilingual sources (Japanese-language, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese and English publications, maps and documents), I was able to examine the subject matter from eclectic perspectives and perceptions. Museums, stamps and archives are socializing agents with their own historical narratives inserted into the public sphere.

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  1. 1.

    Carlson, Ellsworth C., The Kaiping Mines (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press and East Asian Research Center Harvard University), 1971, pp. 21–22.

  2. 2.

    The South Manchurian Railway, Second Report on Progress in Manchuria to 1930 (Dairen: The South Manchurian Railway), 1931, pp. 3–4.

  3. 3.

    Noyori, Tomoko, Kindai Chikuhou Tankou niokeru Jyosei Roudouto Kazoku (Tokyo, Japan: Akashi), 2010.

  4. 4.

    Noyori, Tomoko, Kindai Chikuhou Tankou niokeru Jyousei Roudouto Kazoku (Tokyo, Japan: Akashi), 2010, p. 243.

  5. 5.

    Noyori, Tomoko, Kindai Chikuhou Tankou niokeru Jyousei Roudouto Kazoku (Tokyo, Japan: Akashi), 2010, p. 227.

  6. 6.

    Murakushi, Nisaburō, Nihon tankō chinrōdō shi ron (Tōkyō: Jichōsha) 1976, unpaginated 村串, 仁三郎, 日本炭鉱賃労働史論 (東京:時潮社、1976, unpaginated.

  7. 7.

    Takaki, Hisao, Miike tankō isan : Mandakō to miyaharakō (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 125. [In Japanese language: 高木, 尚雄, 三池炭鉱遺産 : 万田坑と宮原坑 (弦書房, Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 125.]

  8. 8.

    Takaki, Hisao, Miike tankō isan : Mandakō to miyaharakō (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 125. [In Japanese language: 高木, 尚雄, 三池炭鉱遺産 : 万田坑と宮原坑 (弦書房, Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 125.]

  9. 9.

    Hayashi, Eidai, Chikuhō gunkanjima : Chōsenjin kyōsei renkō sonogo : Shashin kiroku (Fukuoka, Japan : Genshobō), 2010, p. 296. [林,えいだい, 筑豊·軍艦島 : 朝鮮人強制連行、その後 : 写真記錄 (Fukuoka Japan: 弦書房), 2010, p. 296.]

  10. 10.

    Chikuhō kindai isan kenkyūkai, Chikuhō no kindaika isan (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2008, p. 69. 筑豊近代遺産研究会編., 筑豊の近代化遺産(Fukuoka Japan: 弦書房), 2008, p. 69.

  11. 11.

    Chikuhō kindai isan kenkyūkai, Chikuhō no kindaika isan (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2008. 筑豊近代遺産研究会編., 筑豊の近代化遺産(Fukuoka Japan: 弦書房), 2008, p. 66.

  12. 12.

    East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, “Ome Railway Park” in the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation website [downloaded on 19 December 2013], available at http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/ome/english/index.html

  13. 13.

    Noyori, Tomoko, Kindai Chikuhou Tankou niokeru Jyosei Roudouto Kazoku (Tokyo, Japan: Akashi), 2010.

  14. 14.

    East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, “Ome Railway Park” in the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation website [downloaded on 19 December 2013], available at http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/ome/english/index.html

  15. 15.

    Robins, Anthony and Hiroshi Naito, “Umekoji Steam Engine Museum” undated in the Japanese Railway Society website [downloaded on 20 December 2013], available at http://www.japaneserailwaysociety.com/jrs/umkj/umekoji.htm

  16. 16.

    Tokunaga, Hirofumi, Nihon no sekitan sangyō isan (Fukuoka, Japan: Gen Shobou), 2012, p. 49. [In Japanese: 徳永,博文, 日本の石炭産業遺産 (弦書房, Fukuoka-shi : Gen Shobō), 2012, pp. 49 and 147.]

  17. 17.

    The South Manchurian Railway, Second Report on Progress in Manchuria to 1930 (Dairen: The South Manchurian Railway), 1931, p. 3.

  18. 18.

    Noyori, Tomoko, Kindai Chikuhou Tankou niokeru Jyousei Roudouto Kazoku (Tokyo, Japan: Akashi), 2010, p. 70.

  19. 19.

    Robins, Anthony and Hiroshi Naito, “Umekoji Steam Engine Museum” undated in the Japanese Railway Society website [downloaded on 20 December 2013], available at http://www.japaneserailwaysociety.com/jrs/umkj/umekoji.htm

  20. 20.

    PN Consultants Ltd. and Petrolan a.s., China’s Coal (Hong Kong: PN Consultants Ltd. and Petroplan a.s.), 1981, p. 19.

  21. 21.

    Chen Yuchen, Zongguo dalu meikuang kaifayu chukou nengli (Taiwan: Zhonghua Jingji Yanyuan), 1990, p. 82.

  22. 22.

    PN Consultants Ltd. and Petrolan a.s., China’s Coal (Hong Kong: PN Consultants Ltd. and Petroplan a.s.), 1981, p. 19.

  23. 23.

    PN Consultants Ltd. and Petrolan a.s., China’s Coal (Hong Kong: PN Consultants Ltd. and Petroplan a.s.), 1981, p. 24.

  24. 24.

    Murakushi, Nisaburō, Nihon tankō chinrōdō shi ron (Tōkyō: Jichōsha) 1976, unpaginated. 村串,仁三郎, 日本炭鉱賃労働史論 (東京:時潮社), 1976, unpaginated.

  25. 25.

    Takaki, Hisao, Miike tankō isan: Mandakō to miyaharakō (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 126. [In Japanese language: 高木, 尚雄, 三池炭鉱遺産 : 万田坑と宮原坑 (弦書房, Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 126.]

  26. 26.

    Takaki, Hisao, Miike tankō isan : Mandakō to miyaharakō (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 43. [In Japanese language: 高木, 尚雄, 三池炭鉱遺産 : 万田坑と宮原坑 (弦書房, Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 43.]

  27. 27.

    Takaki, Hisao, Miike tankō isan : Mandakō to miyaharakō (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 43. [In Japanese language: 高木, 尚雄, 三池炭鉱遺産 : 万田坑と宮原坑 (弦書房, Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 43.]

  28. 28.

    Takaki, Hisao, Miike tankō isan : Mandakō to miyaharakō (Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 42. [In Japanese language: 高木, 尚雄, 三池炭鉱遺産 : 万田坑と宮原坑 (弦書房, Fukuoka : Gen Shobō), 2010, p. 42.]

  29. 29.

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, “About MOL” dated 1997–2013 in the Mitsui O.S.K Lines website [downloaded on 20 December 2013], available at http://www.mol.co.jp/en/corporate/history/index.html

  30. 30.

    Murakushi, Nisaburō, Nihon tankō chinrōdō shi ron (Tōkyō: Jichōsha) 1976, unpaginated 村串,仁三郎, 日本炭鉱賃労働史論 (東京:時潮社), 1976, unpaginated.

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Lim, T.W. (2017). Connecting Macro-Regions in the 1930s to the 1960s: A Comparative Historical Survey of the Role of Railway Technology in Coal Delivery in Japan and Northeast China. In: Energy Transitions in Japan and China. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1681-3_2

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