Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order
Subtitle: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780520232686
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; Capitalist or free market economies; Second World War, 1939-1945; Foreign relations; China; Business & Economics; History - General History; Shanghai; Business/Economics; General; Asia - China; History / General; Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945; Economic Conditions; Economic aspects; Politics and government; Shanghai (China); Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
First sentence: In the month immediately following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, the fighting between China and Japan was confined to north China, and hope for a settlement seemed viable.
Description: "In this 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 Chinese business enterprise by encouraging those traits that had allowed it to survive in uncertain and dangerous times."--BOOK JACKET.