Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface: Regional Patterns in the China War, 1937-1945 xi
5. Abbreviations xix
6. Introduction: The Context of the War 1
7. Part One. State Formation: Japan and Guomindang Efforts at Nationwide Coordination
8. 1. The Structures and Ideologies of Conquest 17
9. 2. Occupation State Building 22
10. 3. The Koa-in 44
11. 4. Chiang Kai-shek's Coordination by Personal Directives 65
12. Part Two. The Early Occupied Areas
13. 5. Taiwan in Wartime 91
14. 6. The Penetration of Manzhouguo Rule in Manchuria 110
15. 7. The Organization and Grassroots Structure of the Manzhouguo Regime 134
16. 8. The Inner Mongolian "United Autonomous Government" 148
17. Part Three. The Later Occupied Areas
18. 9. Food Shortage and Japanese Grain Extraction in Henan 175
19. 10. Labor Conscription in North China: 1941-1945 207
20. 11. Japan's Exploitative Labor System in Qingdao: 1933-1945 227
21. Part Four. Unoccupied or Partially Occupied Areas
22. 12. Commerce in Wartime: The Jinjiluyu Base Area 247
23. 13. Occupied Shanghai: The Struggle Between Chinese and Western Medicine 265
24. 14. The Guomindang Regions of Jiangxi 288
25. 15. One Province's Experience of War: Guangxi, 1937-1945 314
26. Conclusion: Wartime China 335
27. Conference Participants 355
28. Character List 359
29. Contributors 363
30. Index 367