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Industrial Eden : A Chinese Capitalist Vision / Brett Sheehan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (348 p.) : 22 line illustrations, 2 maps, 1 graph, 4 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674967601
  • 9780674287167
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.092/251 23
LOC classification:
  • HC427.8 .S544 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Warlord State and the Capitalist- Politician -- 2. The Prewar Nationalists' Uncertain Developmental State -- 3. Building Eden outside the Firm with National Products and Urban Consumerism -- 4. Japanese Occupation and the "Economy of Things" -- 5. Building Eden inside the Firm -- 6. The Postwar Nationalists' Unresponsive Developmental State -- 7. The People's "New Democratic" Developmental State -- 8. Industrial Eden's Legacy under Socialist Development -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Chinese and Japa nese Characters and Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: This study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Brett Sheehan shows both foreign and Chinese influences on private business, which, although closely linked to the state, was neither a handmaiden to authoritarianism nor a natural ally of democracy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Warlord State and the Capitalist- Politician -- 2. The Prewar Nationalists' Uncertain Developmental State -- 3. Building Eden outside the Firm with National Products and Urban Consumerism -- 4. Japanese Occupation and the "Economy of Things" -- 5. Building Eden inside the Firm -- 6. The Postwar Nationalists' Unresponsive Developmental State -- 7. The People's "New Democratic" Developmental State -- 8. Industrial Eden's Legacy under Socialist Development -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Chinese and Japa nese Characters and Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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This study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Brett Sheehan shows both foreign and Chinese influences on private business, which, although closely linked to the state, was neither a handmaiden to authoritarianism nor a natural ally of democracy.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)