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The suicide of Miss Xi : democracy and disenchantment in the Chinese Republic /

When a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the failures of the Chinese Republic as well as the broken promises of citizens' rights, gender equality and financial prosperity that were b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodman, Bryna, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Xi, Shangzhen.
Democracy > China > Shanghai > History.
Sexism > China > Shanghai > History.
Stock exchanges > China > Shanghai > History.
Civil rights > China > Shanghai > History.
Shanghai (China) > History.
Shanghai (China) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
China > History > Republic, 1912-1949.
HISTORY / Asia / General.

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