LEADER 02642nam 22005653u 450 001 9910806225303321 005 20240402063053.0 010 $a1-78284-139-3 024 7 $a10.3828/9781845196318 035 $a(CKB)3710000000088832 035 $a(EBL)1634757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113209 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11623576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113209 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11179609 035 $a(PQKB)10567291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1634757 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000088832 100 $a20140224d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mam|a 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShanghai, past and present $ea concise socio-economic history, 1842?2012 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cSussex Academic Press$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (140 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84519-631-7 327 $aFront Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Shanghai Experience, 1842-2009; 2 Mystique, Answers and Unanswered Questions; 3 The Early Rise of a Treaty-port, 1840's-1860's; 4 Re-Examining Public Debt in Republican China, 1912-1937; 5 Past Glory, Present Hopes; 6 Epilogue: No Longer in the Shadow of Hong Kong; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover 330 $aThis 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 1920's. The author provides a concise diachronic survey of the economic history of modern Shanghai, setting out how the city's urban infrastructure, municipal institutions, consumer culture, and industry have shaped, and have been shaped by, this economic power house. The work tackles a range of themes inclu 606 $aShanghai (China) -- Economic conditions 606 $aShanghai (China) -- Economic policy 606 $aShanghai (China) -- Social conditions 607 $aShanghai (China)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aShanghai (China)$xSocial conditions 615 4$aShanghai (China) -- Economic conditions. 615 4$aShanghai (China) -- Economic policy. 615 4$aShanghai (China) -- Social conditions. 676 $a330.951 676 $a330.951132 700 $aHoresh$b Niv$0880429 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806225303321 996 $aShanghai, past and present$94034859 997 $aUNINA