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The suicide of Miss Xi : democracy and disenchantment in the Chinese Republic /

"On September 8, 1922, the body of Xi Shangzhen was found hanging in the Shanghai newspaper office where she worked. Although her death occurred outside of Chinese jurisdiction, her U.S.-educated employer, Tang Jiezhi, was kidnapped by Chinese authorities and put on trial. In the unfolding scan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goodman, Bryna, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: A scandal in the city
  • Shanghai, democracy, and the empty republic
  • The new woman, the ghost, and the ubiquitous concubine
  • Long live the republic, long live the stock exchange
  • Morality and justice in an unsettled republic
  • A public without a republic?