"In early twentieth-century China, Chen Diexian (1879-1940) was a maverick entrepreneur-at once a prolific man of … devised unconventional, homegrown approaches to industry and science in early twentieth-century China. She contends that Chen … global capitalism. In doing so, they presaged the approach that has helped fuel China's economic ascent in the twenty …

the devastating crash of 1929.Walter Friedman paints vivid portraits of entrepreneurs who shared a belief that the …