Mapping Modernity in Shanghai : Space, Gender, and Visual Culture in the Sojourners' City, 1853-98.
Mapping the city's native spaces of leisure and everyday life, this book reconstructs the spatial, material, and gender modernity of nineteenth-century Shanghai, giving the reader a window into the social life of late imperial China.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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Colección: | Asia's Transformations
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fluid tradition, splintered modernity; 2 The convergence of writing and commerce; 3 Ephemeral households, marvelous things; 4 The meeting of courtyard and street; 5 Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds; 6 The mingling of magnates and masses; Conclusion; Glossary of frequently-used Chinese terms; List of Chinese characters; Notes; References; Index.