China made : consumer culture and the creation of the nation / Karl Gerth.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-423) and index.

1. The Crisis over Commodities and the Origins of the Movement -- 2. Nationalizing the Appearance of Men -- 3. The Movement and Anti-Imperialist Boycotts, 1905-1919 -- 4. The Movement and Anti-Imperialist Boycotts, 1923-1937 -- 5. Nationalistic Commodity Spectacles -- 6. Creating a Nationalistic Visuality in the Exhibition of 1928 -- 7. Nationalizing Female Consumers -- 8. Manufacturing Patriotic Producers.

"In China Made, Karl Gerth argues that two key forces shaping the modern world - nationalism and consumerism - developed in tandem in China. Early in the twentieth century, nationalism branded every commodity as either "Chinese" or "foreign," and consumer culture became the place where the notion of nationality was articulated, institutionalized, and practiced. Based on Chinese, Japanese, and English-language archives, magazines, newspapers, and books, this first exploration of the historical ties between nationalism and consumerism reinterprets fundamental aspects of modern Chinese history and suggests ways of discerning such ties in all modern nations."--BOOK JACKET.