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Mapping modernity in Shanghai : space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liang, Samuel Y.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Asia's transformations.
Subjects:
Architecture and society > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Space (Architecture) > Social aspects > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Public spaces > Social aspects > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Refugees > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Sociology, Urban > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Fluid tradition, splintered modernity
  • The convergence of writing and commerce
  • Ephemeral households, marvelous things
  • The meeting of courtyard and street
  • Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds
  • The mingling of magnates and masses.