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



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Autore: Yeh Wen-Hsin Visualizza persona
Titolo: Shanghai splendor : economic sentiments and the making of modern China, 1843-1949 / / Wen-hsin Yeh Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina: 330.951/13204
Soggetto topico: Merchants - China - Shanghai - History
Soggetto geografico: China Economic conditions 1912-1949
China Politics and government 1912-1949
Soggetto non controllato: 1940s
20th century
asia
asian history
banks
capitalism
capitalist
china
chinese history
communism
communist takeover
communist
cultural history
cultural studies
department stores
economic
economics
economy
evolution
maritime
metropolis
middle class
modern history
modernization
opium war
political
politics
publishing
shanghai
social history
social studies
sociocultural
urban culture
urban
world history
Note generali: "A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Jacket.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-284) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Shanghai splendor  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35919-3
9786612359194
0-520-93342-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810255603321
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