A common generalization about the Nationalist Government in China during the 1927-1937 decade has been that Chiang Kai-shek's regime was closely allied with the capitalists in Shanghai. This book brings to light a different picture--that Nanking sought to control the capitalists politically, to prevent them from having a voice in the political structure, and to milk the wealth of the urban economy for government coffers. This study documents major political conflicts between the capitalists and the government and demonstrates that the regime gradually suppressed the main organizations of the capitalists and gained control of many of their financial and industrial enterprises. This is the first systematic examination of the political role of the Shanghai capitalists during the Nanking decade. A number of related issues--the operation of the government bond market, the role of the Shanghai underworld and its ties to Chiang Kai-shek, the personalities and policies of key government officials such as TV. Soong and H.H. Kung, the Japanese attempt to control the economic policies of the Nanking government, and the growth of "bureaucratic capitalism"--are brought into focus.

帕克斯-M-小科布尔：Parks M. Coble, Jr.美国历史学家，历史学博士。1975—1976年在美国北达科他州立大学执教，1976年至今在内布拉斯加大学林肯分校任历史系教授。著有《上海资本家与国民政府：1927—1937》《走向“最后关头”：中国民族国家构建中的日本因素》《日本新秩序下的中国资本家》等专著。