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Building a Nation at War - Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II (Hardcover)
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Building a Nation at War - Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II (Hardcover)
Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
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Building a Nation at War argues that the Chinese Nationalist
government's retreat inland during the Sino-Japanese War
(1937-1945), its consequent need for inland resources, and its
participation in new scientific and technical relationships with
the United States led to fundamental changes in how the
Nationalists engaged with science and technology as tools to
promote development. The war catalyzed an emphasis on applied
sciences, comprehensive economic planning, and development of
scientific and technical human resources-all of which served the
Nationalists' immediate and long-term goals. It created an
opportunity for the Nationalists to extend control over inland
China and over education and industry. It also provided
opportunities for China to mobilize transnational networks of
Chinese-Americans, Chinese in America, and the American government
and businesses. These groups provided technical advice, ran
training programs, and helped the Nationalists acquire manufactured
goods and tools. J. Megan Greene shows how the Nationalists worked
these programs to their advantage, even in situations where their
American counterparts clearly had the upper hand. Finally, this
book shows how, although American advisers and diplomats criticized
China for harboring resources rather than putting them into winning
the war against Japan, US industrial consultants were also strongly
motivated by postwar goals.
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