13 Reappraising the Nanjing Decade (1927–1937): Modernizing China during the World Economic Crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Crisis and Workers’ Movements 12
5. 2 The Significance of February 1934 in Austria, in both National and International Context 20
6. 3 Avalanches of Spring: The Great War, Modernism and the Rise of Austro-Fascism 33
7. 4 Fascism in Italy between the Poles of Reactionary Thought and Modernity 55
8. 5 Hitler’s Dictatorship: His Role as ‘Leader’ in the Nazi Regime 78
9. 6 The Second Spanish Republic: The Challenges Facing a Democracy in Troubled Times 86
10. 7 The Crisis in the 1930s and the Rise to Power of the Swedish Social Democrats 102
11. 8 The United States in the Great Depression: Was the Fascist Door Open? 115
12. 9 Turkey in the First ‘World Crisis’: From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism 127
13. 10 Brazil in the 1930s: State Building, Nationalism and Working-Class Agency 139
14. 11 Labour, Organization and Gender: The Jute Industry in India in the 1930s 152
15. 12 Japan’s Way Out of the Crisis of the 1930s as a Strategy for Overcoming Modernity 167
16. 13 Reappraising the Nanjing Decade (1927–1937): Modernizing China during the World Economic Crisis 183
17. Notes on Contributors 199
18. Bibliography 203
19. Index 219