Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949
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"What a fine and illuminating book. "Shanghai Splendor" is an important and captivating work of scholarship. "--David Strand, author of "Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s" "This in an outstanding work. Although Shanghai has been among the most popular subjects for scholars in modern Chinese studies, one has yet to see a project as impressive as this.
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Book Information
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
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| Publish Date: | 09/03/2007 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780520258174 |
| ISBN-10: | 0520258177 |
| Language: | English |
Full Description
Rich with details of everyday life, this multifaceted social and cultural history of China's leading metropolis in the twentieth century offers a kaleidoscopic view of Shanghai as the major site of Chinese modernization. Engaging the entire span of Shanghai's modern history from the Opium War to the eve of the Communist takeover in 1949, Wen-hsin Yeh traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Looking in particular at Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, she sketches the rise of a new maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class. Making extensive use of urban tales and visual representations, the book captures urbanite voices as it uncovers the sociocultural dynamics that shaped the people and their politics.