Latest / New Books in Economic and Business History
Ying Jia Tan, "Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882-1955" (Cornell UP, 2021)
In Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882–1955 (Cornell University Press, 2021), Ying Jia Tan explores the fascinating politics of Chinese power consumption as electrical industries developed during seven decades of revolution and warfare. Tan traces this history from the textile-factory power shortages of the late Qing, through the struggle over China's electrical industries during its civil war, to the 1937 Japanese invasion that robbed China of 97 percent of its generative capacity. Along the way, he demonstrates that power industries became an integral part of the nation's…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.