Description: The Great Depression was a global phenomenon: every economy linked to international financial and commodity markets suffered. The aim of this book is not merely to show that China could not escape the consequences of drastic declines in financial flows and trade but also to offer a new perspective for understanding modern Chinese history.
Brief description: Tomoko Shiroyama is Professor of Economic History in the Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University.
Review Quotes: This is the first readily accessible, comprehensive account of the impact of the 20th century's most serious economic crisis on Republican China, whose experience of the global downturn took a very singular path.--R. P. Gardella "Choice" (8/1/2008 12:00:00 AM)