"An essential factor for analyzing effective buyer/seller relationships is recognizing the changing role of power in business. The 21st century has brought a new meaning to what it means to be powerful. In a simpler time, power basically equated with wealth and/or unquestioned authority. Power...

The warlord state and the capitalist-politician -- The prewar Nationalists' uncertain developmental state -- Building Eden with national products and urban consumerism -- Japanese occupation and the "economy of things" -- Building Eden inside the firm -- The postwar Nationalists' unresponsive...