HIST 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Mao Zedong, First United Front, Mukden Incident
Document Summary
The war of resistance, 1937-1945 final: 2 essays, synthesis of primary sources and close reading. Ccp"s appeal to nationalism is what makes them really successful ideology exciting to a few intellectuals. Global recession in 1930s (great stock market crash of 1929) Lwered purcashing power of us for japanese silks. Factories closed in japan, workers lost jobs, farmers who produced cocoons lost supplemnetary income. In japanese citiies like tokyo, shopkeepers and factory owners faced bankrupcy. Annual rates of failure among retail stores doubled. Small manufacturing business failed by the thousands. 15% unemployment nationwide, 20% in major cities. Unemployed pl start to stage violent protests. Small business men joined right wing gov to protest leftist gov that was blamed for econ crisis. Less severe than us, but perception was profound and consequential. Japans move into manchuria justified by cultural and economic arguments. State fashioned itself as a leader of all east asia to ward off encroachment of western nations.
