Shanghai Splendor

Author	: Wen-hsin Yeh
Publisher	: Univ of California Press
Total Pages	: 336
Release	: 2008
ISBN-10	: 9780520258174
ISBN-13	: 0520258177
Rating	: 4/5 (74 Downloads)

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Download or read book Shanghai Splendor written by Wen-hsin Yeh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. Yeh tells a most fascinating story."—David Der-wei Wang, author of The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in 20th Century China

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