Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945

by Parks M. Coble

In this probing and original study, Parks M. Coble examines the devastating impact of Japan's invasion and occupation of the lower Yangzi on China's emerging modern business community. Arguing that the war gravely weakened Chinese capitalists, Coble demonstrates that in occupied areas the activities of businessmen were closer to collaboration than to heroic resistance. He shows how the war left an important imprint on the structure and culture of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232682
• ISBN13: 9780520232686
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"