Shanghai, Past and Present [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise Socio-Economic History, 1842?2012
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| Autore: |
Horesh Niv
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| Titolo: |
Shanghai, Past and Present [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise Socio-Economic History, 1842?2012
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : Sussex Academic Press, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.951 |
| 330.951132 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Shanghai (China) -- Economic conditions |
| Shanghai (China) -- Economic policy | |
| Shanghai (China) -- Social conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Shanghai, Past and Present |
| ISBN: | 1-78284-139-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464433803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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