Assignment, Shanghai

Assignment, Shanghai
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780520239906
ISBN-13 : 0520239903
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Book Synopsis Assignment, Shanghai by : Carolyn Wakeman

Download or read book Assignment, Shanghai written by Carolyn Wakeman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's photographs from 1947 Shanghai express the brutality, confusion, and tumult of a country on the verge of major change, capturing the beggars, street executions, refugees, prostitutes, and ordinary people who made this city a spectacular locale for photo-journalists during the revolution. (History)


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