二十世纪九十年代以前，中国的东北地区曾是新中国工业的摇篮，为建成独立、完整的工业体系和国民经济体系，为国家的改革开放和现代化建设作出了历史性的重大贡献。然而，随着改革开放的深入，东北地区的经济发展速度逐渐落后于东部沿海地区，有鉴于此，国家提出了东北地区等老工业基地振兴战略。 《浴火重生（英文版）》作者徐剑历时一年的采访，走遍城郭、海港、煤都、钢城中的大型国有企业。以数个普通工人、几家工厂、一座城市和整个时代的沉浮为命运纵线，穿越六十年的历史时空。再现老东北工业基地如何创造诸多工业神话、奇迹与辉煌，如何在沉寂和黯然岁月里经历生命劫难，最终如何找回东山再起的自信和骄傲。

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
2.The Sad Memories that One Cannot Bear to "Think of
3.Escape from Fate
4.The Professor Who Worked in Ansteel
CHAPTER 5 The Fall of the Paradise
1.The Five Yin Girls and a Sunken Ship of a State-Owned Company
2.Nine Years of Romance and a Tragedy After the Wedding
3.The Female Model Worker that Ran the Bookstand in Donghu Peddlers' Market
CHAPTER 6 In Front of the Gate to Purgatory
1.Cursed for Life
2.Dreaming in the Tin Cottage in the Street
3.A Life Like in Ashes
4.Homeless When the Sun Sets
CHAPTER 7 The Twist of Fate
1.The Transform of Shenyang Transformer Works
2.Two Generations' Struggle and the Reputation of Longfeng Mine
3.A Family of Port Workers
CHAPTER 8 Move the East and Transform the West
1.A Document Drafted at the Risk of Life during the Time of SARS
2.The Merge of Tiexi and Zhangshi Development Zone
3.The Sale of the First Piece of Land in Old Tiexi
4.Past and Present of North 2nd Street
5.Museum of Foundry: a Historical Symbol of the Age of Steel
CHAPTER 9 The Tragedy of the Mining Capital
1.Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in Tears in the Shantytown
2.A Difficult Reality: the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty
3.Tragedy in the Mining Capital
4.The Woman that Married into Modi
5.The Bird of Sun Rising from the Ashes
CHAPTER 10 Love in the Broken Ridges and Steep Cliffs
1.Mother's Love and the Redemption in Endless Torture
2.Family's Support in Most Difficult Times
3.Sisterly Love that Made the Golden Flowers Bloom
CHAPTER 11 Bounce Back in the East Wind
1.The History of the Department of Northeast China Industry and the Bureau of Northeast China
2.A Tailored Plan for Each Factory
3.The Rebuilding of the Model Workers' Building in a Lost Paradise
4.Children of Laohutai Mine's Resettlement in Newly-Built Apartments
5.Payment Slips of Fushun Coal Mining Group in the First Decade in the New Century
CHAPTER 12 The Bird of Sun Sings in Northeast China
1.Liaoning's New Perspective Towards the Sea
2.The University-Educated Supervisory Worker's House and Car
3.A Fight with Back to the Wall: Maglev and the Rebirth of Zhongjie