Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue in a doomed world /

"On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grescoe, Taras
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Online Access:Cover image
Table of Contents:
  • Map: Shanghai, 1935
  • Prologue: Zhujiajiao Water Town, Shanghai Municipality, March 28, 2014
  • Part 1
  • Shanghai, January 28, 1932
  • Where China Meets the World
  • The Sassoon Gamble
  • Part 2
  • St. Louis, 27 May 1916
  • The Flapper's Progress
  • Shanghai Grand
  • Mickey Checks In
  • On the Shanghai Beat
  • Part 3
  • Shanghai, April 12, 1935
  • Cathay and the Muse
  • The Fantastic Mr. Pan
  • Cosmopolis-on-the-Whangpoo
  • Part 4
  • Shanghai, November 3, 1936
  • The Rise of the Dwarf Bandits
  • Sweetie Pie Goes to Nanking
  • Part 5
  • Shanghai, August 14, 1937
  • After Saturday
  • The Solitary Island
  • Waking from the Doze
  • Part 6
  • Shanghai, August 1, 1941
  • The Last Light in a Dark World
  • Check-Out Time
  • Settling the Bill
  • Epilogue.