Making Mao’s Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism. By Koji Hirata. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2024. 370 pp. Hardcover, £80.00. ISBN: 978-1-00-938227-4.

Key Points

• The aim is to explore the influence of industrial Manchuria on the development of Chinese socialism during Mao's era.
• Historical analysis of industrial developments in Manchuria
• Examination of archival sources and transnational contexts
• Contextual exploration of political ideologies and their origins
• Identified key transnational influences on Chinese socialism
• Highlighted the economic and political implications of industrialization in Manchuria
• Demonstrated how Mao's steelworks were rooted in broader global movements