Thirty years of research. Over 800 interviews. One untold story. Today, Taiwan is part of the increasingly "borderless" East Asian economy. But, in the 1950s, it was just beginning to industrialize. Making Money is the tale of the manufacturing demand generated in the West and the Taiwanese businesspeople who stepped up to fill it.

Gary G. Hamilton is Professor Emeritus in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.Cheng-shu Kao is Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Feng Chia University and Honorary Professor in the Department of Sociology at Tunghai University.

Introduction: Making Money
1. The Sprouts of Capitalism: Bamboo in Springtime
2. America's Retail Revolution: The Hidden Dragon
3. Demand-Led Industrialization: Big Buyers in Taiwan
4. An Economic Way of Life: The Round Table
5. Big Business, Small Firms: Meat and Soup
6. The Search for a New Asian Economy: The Tipping Point
7. High Technology Industries in Taiwan: Turning on a Dime
8. Consolidation in China: A New Age of Mass Production
9. Consolidation in China: Computers and Smartphones
10. Greater Taiwan, Circa 2016: The End of an Era?
Epilogue: The Future of Demand-Led Capitalism