R&D and the American Corporation before World War II

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard N. Langlois
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War ◽  
American Corporation

Oil For the Lamps of China: Alice Tisdale Hobart’s Dark Novel of American Capitalism and Chinese Revolution

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Sherman Cochran
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
The Novel ◽  
World War ◽  
Chinese Revolution ◽  
American Capitalism ◽  
American Corporation ◽  
Standard Oil Company ◽  
Oil Company

Among American works of fiction about China before World War II, Alice Tisdale Hobart’s Oil for the Lamps of China (1933) was second only to Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth (1931) in influence and sales. Hobart’s novel, evidently set during the Northern Expedition of 1926-28, also inspired a Warner Brothers film by the same name in 1935. Unlike the film, Hobart’s novel did not give a boosterish picture of American capitalism. In portraying the leading character, Steven Chase, a field agent for an American oil firm in China, Hobart drew on the experience of her husband, a field agent for Standard Oil Company. Her husband, like Chase, was callously fired after loyally serving the company and adapting to Chinese culture and protecting company property from anti-imperialist mobs. The novel is memorable for its vivid characterizations of Americans and Chinese working for an American corporation in China and for its dark view of American capitalism and Chinese revolution.

A 50-Year Prospective Study of the Psychological Sequelae of World War II Combat

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Lee ◽  
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George E. Vaillant ◽  
William C. Torrey ◽  
Glen H. Elder
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
World War ◽  
Psychological Sequelae

Clashing Views of War Neurosis in World War II

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Boone ◽  
Frank C. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War ◽  
War Neurosis
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