Shanghai, past and present : a concise socio-economic history, 1842-2012 /

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This book sets out to explain how Shanghai emerged from relative obscurity in 1842 to become one of the world's best-known finance and industry hubs. As China's largest city, Shanghai today plays a central economic role, much as it did in the 1920s. The author provides a concise diachronic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horesh, Niv
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Eastbourne, East Sussex, England : Sussex Academic Press, 2014.
Temas:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Economic history
Social conditions
Shanghai (China) > Economic conditions.
Shanghai (China) > Social conditions.
China > Shanghai
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the Shanghai experience, 1842-2009
  • Mystique, answers and unanswered questions
  • The early rise of a treaty-port, 1840s-1860
  • Past glory, present hopes
  • Re-examining public debt in Republican China, 1912-1937
  • Epilogue : no longer in the shadow of Hong Kong.

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