Carl Crow, a tough old China hand : the life, times and adventures of an American in Shanghai /

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Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for the next quarter of a century, working there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and groundbreaking adman. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergeant, gentleman farmer, go-between for the American gove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: French, Paul, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Crow, Carl, > 1883-1945.
Crow, Carl, > 1883-1945
1900-1999
Americans > China > Shanghai > Biography.
Journalists > China > Shanghai > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Americans
Journalists
Manners and customs
Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Shanghai (China) > History > 20th century.
China > Shanghai
United States
Electronic resource.
History
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A Quarter Century in China
  • 1. From the Mid-West to the China Coast
  • 2. The China Press Man
  • 3. Living at the End of the Wires
  • 4. The Collapse of the Qing Dynasty and Opportunities Abound
  • 5. Intrigue in Tokyo and World War
  • 6. From Fruit Rancher to Spy
  • 7. Sun Yat-sen and the Biography That Never Was
  • 8. Four Hundred Million Customers and Bringing Billboards to China
  • 9. Getting Friendly with Warlords
  • 10. Rumblings in Shanghai
  • 11. The Life of a China Coast Man
  • 12. Fear in Shanghai, the Generalissimo and Three Stripes on the Arm
  • 13. Back in the Newspaper Business
  • 14. The New Republic and the Soong Dynasty
  • 15. More Skirmishes and a City in Flux
  • 16. Swallowing Like Whales, Nibbling Like Silkworms
  • 17. Final Days in the City of the Dead
  • 18. Business Over: The Escape from Shanghai
  • 19. Through the Back Door into China
  • 20. Tea with Madame Chiang and Whisky with Zhou En-lai
  • 21. War Service and Being Proved Right
  • 22. The Final Prolific Years
  • Epilogue: Gone but Not Forgotten.

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