Shanghai splendor : economic sentiments and the making of modern China, 1843-1949 /

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Rich with details of everyday life, this multifaceted social and cultural history of China's leading metropolis in the 20th century offers a kaleidoscopic view of Shanghai as the major site of Chinese modernisation.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yeh, Wen-Hsin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Subjects:
1912-1949
Merchants > China > Shanghai > History.
Commerçants > Chine > Shanghai > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Economic history
Merchants
Politics and government
China > Economic conditions > 1912-1949.
China > Politics and government > 1912-1949.
Chine > Conditions économiques > 1912-1949.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 1912-1949.
China
China > Shanghai
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The material turn
  • The state in commerce
  • Visual politics and Shanghai glamour
  • The clock and the compound
  • Enlightened paternalism
  • Petty urbanites and tales of woe
  • From patriarchs to capitalists
  • Epilogue: the return of the banker.

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