《浴火重生》編著者徐劍。傳說中有一種神鳥，當它翱翔的翅膀不能承載生命之重、漸入式微時，便會選擇往生經歷烈火後，重新開始更絢麗的歷程：東北老工業基地就是這樣涅槃後浴火重生。

●Preface As the Northeast "Red Double" Fades out of Sight
●CHAPTER 1 Tiexi: the Ruhr of China
● 1.The Ruhr: an Important Manufacturing Base in 20th Century Germany
● 2.Father and Son in Tiexi
● 3.A Forgotten Story from the Manchukuo
● 4.Tiexi: the Eldest Son of the PRC and the Task of Industrialization
● 5.Landmark of Tiexi: the Three Chimneys
●CHAPTER 2 Dreams and Honors
● 1.The Female Model Worker of Hao Jianxiu's Generation
● 2.The Various "Firsts" of the PRC
● 3.Traveling Up North and Down South for the Sake of Industrialization
● 4.Six Members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Center in Shenyang Aircraft Factory
● 5.The Strength of Workers
● 6.A Family of Steel in the Age of Passion
●CHAPTER 3 Paradise in New Workers' Suburb
● 1.The Clock Was Ticking in China When Paradise Was Built
● 2.An Ideal Marriage in New Workers' Suburb
● 3.A Young Girl's Gaze Upon the Paradise
●CHAPTER 4 Young Death of the Eldest Son Tiexi
● 1.The First Falling Camel in the Desert
●部分目錄

二十世紀九十年代以前，中國的東北地區曾是新中國工業的搖籃，為建成獨立、完整的工業體繫和國民經濟體繫，為國家的改革開放和現代化建設作出了歷史性的重大貢獻。然而，隨著改革開放的深入，東北地區的經濟發展速度逐漸落後於東部沿海地區，有鋻於此，國家提出了東北地區等老工業基地振興戰略。
《浴火重生（英文版）》作者徐劍歷時一年的采訪，走遍城郭、海港、煤都、鋼城中的大型國有企業。以數個普通工人、幾家工廠、一座城市和整個時代的沉浮為命運縱線，穿越六十年的歷史時空。再現老東北工業基地如何創造諸多工業神話、奇跡與輝煌，如何在沉寂和黯然歲月裡經歷生命劫難，最終如何找回東山再起的自信和驕傲。

徐劍 著 (澳大利亞)托馬斯？布雷 譯