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Industrial Eden Industrial Eden A C H I N E S E C A P I TA L I S T V I S I O N BRETT SHEEHAN Cambridge, Massachusetts London, En gland 2015 Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Printing Library of Congress Cataloging-i n-P ublication Data Sheehan, Brett, 1960– Industrial Eden : a Chinese capitalist vision / Brett Sheehan. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-674-96760-1 (alk. paper) 1. Industries—C hina— History—20th century. 2. Industrial policy— China— History—20th century. 3. Businessmen— China— History—20th century. 4. Capitalism— China— History—20th century. 5. China— Economic conditions—1912–1949. 6. China—P olitics and government— 1912–1949. 7. China—H istory— Republic, 1912–1949. I. Title. HC427.8.S45 2015 338.092'251— dc23 2014035333 For the family that keeps me sane, especially: my mother shirleen neu, my wife yiyu jiang, and my sons, kevin and angel Contents Introduction 1 1 The Warlord State and the Capitalist- Politician 16 2 The Prewar Nationalists’ Uncertain Developmental State 46 3 Building Eden outside the Firm with National Products and Urban Consumerism 65 4 Japa nese Occupation and the “Economy of Things” 88 5 Building Eden inside the Firm 118 6 The Postwar Nationalists’ Unresponsive Developmental State 144 7 The People’s “New Democ ratic” Developmental State 177 8 Industrial Eden’s Legacy under Socialist Development 202 Conclusion 231 Glossary of Chinese and Japa nese Characters and Names 237 Notes 239 Bibliography 297 Ac know ledg ments 319 Index 323 Industrial Eden
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